Bonito Tours: Every Attraction with Price, Duration and Effort Level
Caves in Bonito: Which to Visit and How to Choose
From the postcard cave with a blue lake to the cavern you rappel into: the caves of Bonito compared.
Updated September 24, 2026 · Guia de Bonito editorial team
Bonito, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, sits on a limestone plateau, the Serra da Bodoquena, and that is what explains both the transparent rivers and the caves. Rainwater dissolves the rock over thousands of years, opens galleries and, in some places, meets the water table and forms underground lakes.
There are caves for every kind of visitor: a quick sightseeing stop, an easy walk through a dry cave, or a technical rappel descent. The list below shows the options registered in this guide, with effort rating, minimum age and reference price.
Cave
Blue Lake Cave (Gruta do Lago Azul)
Bonito's postcard: a limestone cave with a deep, electric-blue lake, 21 km from town. A walk-and-look tour with no swimming.
- 21 km from town
- 1.3h
- Minimum age: 6+
from R$120 *
Adventure
Anhumas Abyss (Abismo Anhumas)
A 72-meter rappel into a cave with a lake at the bottom, then snorkeling or scuba diving among limestone cones. Bonito's most expensive and most restricted tour.
- 23 km from town
- 4h
from R$997 *
Cave
São Miguel Cave (Gruta de São Miguel)
A dry cave 17 km from Bonito, with a suspended walkway through the forest, lookouts and a lit chamber of stalactites and stalagmites. An easy visit, good for rainy days.
- 17 km from town
- 1.3h
from R$108 *
Cave
Catedral Cave (Gruta Catedral)
A dry cave less than 5 km from town, with a short trail, a suspension bridge, a museum and a viewpoint. One of the cheapest and quickest visits in Bonito.
- 5 km from town
- 1.2h
- Minimum age: 6+
from R$103 *
Cave
Mimoso Cave Snorkeling (Gruta do Mimoso)
A partly flooded cave 30 km from Bonito where you snorkel among stalactites, in groups of up to 10 with limited daily slots.
- 30 km from town
- 1.5h
- Minimum age: 8+
from R$314 *
Frequently asked questions
Which is the easiest cave to visit in Bonito?
São Miguel Cave: a dry cave with walkways and a suspended trail, and no long stairway. The Blue Lake Cave requires climbing down and back up about 300 steps.
Can you swim in any of Bonito's caves?
At Lagoa Misteriosa, in Jardim, you can snorkel and scuba dive inside a sinkhole of blue water. At the Anhumas Abyss, after the rappel, there is snorkeling and diving in the cave lake. At the Blue Lake Cave there is no contact with the water.
