The Warsaw Caves Conservation Area is a large park in southern Ontario, which hosts a variety of outdoor activities. Camping, hiking, kayaking, cave exploration, and lying on the sandy beach of the slow-moving river flowing through the park, are among the more popular activities visitors partake in, in this unique eco-system.
The park has a Jurassic-like setting, with large rocks left behind during a past glacial period, making up the underbelly of the grounds. Natural caves, dotting the landscape, are open for the public to explore. Hiking along one of the trails near the river, one can hear the river rushing under the rocks below them.
My wife and I enjoyed our first camping trip of this summer in this wilderness setting. The camping area provides 52 sites, all of which are unserviced. In the evenings, the woods came to life, with various creatures singing nightly, before growing quiet around midnight. The numerous birds come back to life in the early morning, before sunrise, the variety of calls heard appearing to be endless. It was a unique environment to enjoy, leaving us both with a feeling of closeness to nature.
I hope you enjoy some photos we took during our stay.
WILLIAM STANLEY
FOUND THESE TURTLES NEAR OUR CAMPING SITE. ASSISTED THE BABY ONE TO THE RIVER’S EDGE.
ENJOYED THE EVENINGS BY THE FIRE, WHICH INCLUDED GREAT MEALS COOKED BOTH IN AND OVER THE HOT COALS
HERE ARE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF THE BOULDERS WHICH ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA
A FEW VIEWS OF THE WOODS, BOTH ON TRAILS AND NEAR OUR CAMPING SITE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIRCH TREE, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE ART WORK ON IT, ALL COURTESY OF MOTHER NATURE
AND FINALLY, A VIEW OF THE INDIAN RIVER, A GREAT FUNGUS WE CAME UPON, AND A ROBIN’S NEST ON ONE OF THE OUTHOUSES
