an old-fashioned paper map of the area or gps devices should be brought along while caving. smoking and consuming alcoholic beverages in a forest can be dangerous and is usually forbidden in protected parks. feeding animals is forbidden, as it can jeopardize the animals' self-sufficiency in the wild by creating a dependency on being fed by humans.

caving in rio has the potential of encountering crime, which is something that hikers and trekkers need to be aware - there have been reports of  robberies along some trails.