El Capulín Natural Pool

Piscina de Moncagua


Useful Information

Location: Moncagua, San Miguel, Eastern El Salvador.
(13.532363, -88.248313)
Open: All year daily 8-.
[2022]
Fee: Adults SVC 5, Children free.
[2004]
Classification: SpeleologyKarst Cave. KarstKarst Spring
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Address: Piscina de Moncagua, Moncagua, El Salvador, Tel: +503-7986-1249.
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Description

The Picinas Naturales El Capulín (El Capulín Natural Pool) is also known as Piscina de Moncagua (Moncagua swimming pool), after the village of Moncagua where it is located. The cave behind is known as La Cueva Termal Moncagua.

The El Capulín Natural Pool, at the village of Moncagua are famed for their medicinal properties. The water flows from a series of caves in pumice.


Text by Tony Oldham (2004). With kind permission.