Huasteca Potosina

RegióN TuríStica / Huasteca · Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí

The Huasteca Potosina is the green, tropical eastern end of San Luis Potosi state, where the dry plateau drops through the Sierra Madre Oriental into a land of rivers, jungle and turquoise waterfalls. Ciudad Valles is the practical base, and the attractions are spread over roads of 30 to 130 km. The headline is Tamul, a 105 m wide and roughly 105 m high curtain of water on the Gallinas River, reached by paddle or motor boat from Tanchachin. Add the pools of Puente de Dios and Tamasopo, the Micos cascades, the Minas Viejas fall, the Sotano de las Golondrinas pit where swifts spiral at dawn, and Las Pozas in nearby Xilitla. This is Teenek and Nahua country, and Spanish, Nahuatl and Teenek are all heard. Water is turquoise from November to May and muddy brown in the rainy season, so timing decides whether the trip is spectacular or a letdown. Roads are winding, and distances take longer than the map suggests, so do not try to see everything in two days.

Ciudad Valles, Huasteca Potosina, Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, 79000, Mexico

⚠ THIS IS A REGION, NOT A SINGLE SITE - the pin is Ciudad Valles, the hub. ⚠ THE HEADLINE ATTRACTIONS ARE ONE TO THREE HOURS APART and a car or a multi-day tour is effectively required. ⚠ EACH SITE IS RUN BY A DIFFERENT EJIDO OR COOPERATIVE with its own hours and its own entry, parking, guide and boat fees - ⚠ BRING PLENTY OF CASH; ATMs are in Ciudad Valles and Xilitla only. ⚠ LAS POZAS AT XILITLA HAS TIMED ENTRY AND SELLS OUT AT WEEKENDS. ⚠ SÓTANO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS REQUIRES A PRE-DAWN ARRIVAL for the bird flight, or dusk for the return drop. ⚠ THE TAMUL CANOE TRIP IS TWO TO THREE HOURS UPSTREAM EACH WAY; a shorter viewpoint route exists - ask for the mirador. ⚠ RIVER CONDITIONS CHANGE FAST AND HIGH WATER AFTER RAIN CANCELS TRIPS. ⚠ NO SUNSCREEN OR REPELLENT IN THE WATER. ⚠ HOURS AND PRICES NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.

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