On June 13th Randers Regnskov celebrated its 13th birthday by opening this year’s newest attraction. In that occasion Randers Regnskov’s own jungle witch Cecropia paid us a visit and, together with director Henrik Herold, she opened the doors to the CAVE OF THE GLOWING SKULLS!
CAVE OF THE GLOWING SKULLS
Inside the cave of the glowing skulls you can go on an adventure through an underground cave which is the home of giant constrictor snakes, hundreds of bats and millions of creepy-crawlies – among these, tarantulas and cockroaches! The cave is moreover an ancient burial place with more than a hundred glowing skulls.
The inspiration to this cave comes from the Talgua-cave in Honduras, also named Cave of the Glowing Skulls. Here, researchers discovered a secret chamber in the 1990s that, aside from beautifully painted pots and jars, contained more than 200 finically piled up human skulls and bones, sparkling with coatings of tiny calcium crystals. To this day, scientist are uncertain which culture used this cave as it is more than 3.000 years old and thus older than the ancient Mayan culture.
Director Henrik Herold.
A skull is smashed as part of the opening ceremony.
Henrik Herold and the jungle witch Cecropia lead the way into the cave of the glowing skulls.
