Las Trincheras Thermal Springs

Las Trincheras es uno de los sistemas de manantiales termales más intensos de toda Sudamérica, con agua emergiendo a unos 84 °C desde una fractura profunda en el basamento volcánico del Estado Carabobo — suficientemente caliente para cocinar huevos, y entre los manantiales no geotérmicos más calientes del continente. Las aguas son enfriadas en canales antes de llegar a las piscinas de baño a temperaturas de 38–45 °C. El contenido mineral está dominado por sulfato, bicarbonato de sodio y calcio, con un carácter levemente sulfuroso que la tradición popular venezolana ha asociado con condiciones cutáneas y reumáticas durante siglos de uso.

Las Trincheras is one of the most thermally intense natural spring systems in all of South America, with water emerging at approximately 84°C from a deep fracture in the volcanic basement of Carabobo State — hot enough to cook eggs, and among the hottest non-geyser springs on the continent. The springs are located on the northern slopes of the Venezuelan Coastal Range, between Valencia and Puerto Cabello, at an altitude of approximately 480 metres above sea level. The source of the heat is a deep crustal fracture that allows meteoric water to descend to significant depth before being heated by residual geothermal energy and returning to the surface. The indigenous Carib people of the Venezuelan coast knew and used the springs for ritual and therapeutic purposes long before the Spanish colonial period. During the 19th century, Venezuelan society developed the site into a formal thermal resort, and it became one of the most fashionable destinations for Valencia's and Caracas's elite. The springs are typically cooled in channels before reaching bathing pools at temperatures of 38–45°C. The mineral content is dominated by sulphate, sodium bicarbonate, and calcium, with a mild sulphurous character that Venezuelan popular wellness tradition has associated with skin and rheumatic conditions across centuries of use. The surrounding landscape of the Venezuelan Coastal Range — Caribbean dry forest and montane vegetation — provides a setting of considerable natural beauty.

Las Trincheras Thermal Springsはベネズエラ・Carabobo Stateに位置する温熱泉・地熱温泉。源泉温度は84℃、標高480mの地に湧出する。泉水はアルカリ性（pH約7.5）の泉質、硫酸塩泉・重炭酸ナトリウム泉を豊富に含む、総溶解固形物1240 mg/Lが特徴だ。数世紀にわたる歴史を持つ。リウマチ療法・皮膚科治療・リラクゼーションなど多様な温浴療法が行われる。施設では温泉プール入浴・蒸気吸入・温泉浸浴などが体験できる。