Puerto Rico waterfall visits

Compare 12 Puerto Rico waterfall visits by the approach, terrain, and where to start. Some routes have closures or unresolved details; read the individual guide before travelling.

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Partial guide: unmarked path and river trek; land status not stated

Puerto Rico

Cascada Charco Prieto

About 20 to 30 minutes upriver, per Puerto Rico Day Trips

Charco Prieto, also called Poza Prieta, is a tall waterfall in the hills of Barrio Nuevo in Bayamón. From Route 167 at Km 10.1, turn onto Road 812 and follow Puerto Rico Day Trips' local road directions to a bridge over a small stream, and park there. A concrete sign reading Charco Prieto stands by the road. The easiest entrance is just uphill of a small fenced house; cross the river to a thin, worn path. Most of the way is a river trek over slippery rocks, with several crossings, smaller falls and pools, and a short rope-assisted climb. The path is unmarked and not always obvious. The land status along the path is not stated by the sources. Return the same way.

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Nature reserve trail to a canyon overlook facing the falls

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Cascada El Ancón

1.5 miles one way, 3 miles round trip, per Puerto Rico Day Trips

Cascada El Ancón is a falls of more than 300 feet in the San Cristóbal Canyon (Cañón San Cristóbal) on the Barranquitas and Aibonito border; it is seen from an overlook across the canyon, not from its base. The Vereda Cascada El Ancón (also called Vereda Don Félix Berríos) is a public trail in the Cañón San Cristóbal nature reserve administered by Para la Naturaleza. Enter through the small pedestrian gate at Finca Don Félix, marked with Para la Naturaleza signs. The trail follows an old dirt road, open only to people on foot, through sunny fields with ups and downs, then a shaded forest loop, and ends at railed overlooks on the canyon edge facing the falls. Return the same way or by the other side of the forest loop; much of the return is uphill.

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Partial guide: private parking site; listing may be the main or the upper falls

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Cascada Gozalandia

About 5 minutes to the main falls; about 10 minutes more to the upper falls

Gozalandia, also called Las Cataratas or El Roble, is a pair of waterfalls on a river with several pools in San Sebastian. From the parking area, walk about 5 minutes down a cement path and steps to the main falls, roughly 50 feet tall with a deep swimming pool. Back at the top of the steps, a cement path continues along the river past more pools to a thinner upper falls about 10 minutes away; reaching it involves scrambling over a rock. This listing sits between the published parking and the main falls, so it may mark either the main falls or the upper falls.

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Partial guide: the last part is a dangerous boulder scramble with no trail, and parking near the end of the road is uncertain

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Cascada La Canoa

No distance is published; a short but tricky boulder scramble above the El Hippie pool

La Canoa Falls is a falls of about 70 feet in a narrow rock gorge on the Río Blanco area of El Yunque's south side, just above the El Hippie swimming hole in Naguabo. Discover Puerto Rico says the river and falls are reached by public road, not through the main El Yunque entrance. From PR-191 at kilometer 28, cross the large concrete bridge, take the first right on a very narrow road, turn right after a small bridge and drive to the end of the road. A slippery path leads down to the El Hippie pool. La Canoa Falls is above the huge rock on the upper right of the pool; the route is a scramble up and around the rocks on the right side. Puerto Rico Day Trips calls this a very dangerous area, says people have died or been badly hurt here, and recommends going with a paid guide.

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Official roadside site with designated parking

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Cascada La Coca

Roadside; the falls are seen from the site beside the road

La Coca Falls drops 85 feet onto a large rock formation beside PR 191 in El Yunque National Forest. From PR 3 in Río Grande, drive south on PR 191 for 8.1 km to the site, which has a welcome station, a developed parking area and a local artisan shop. View the falls from beside the road. The Forest Service manages visitor numbers on the PR 191 corridor because parking is limited.

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Closure research only; no currently usable approach or parking verified.

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Cascada La Mina

Closed routes; no usable walking distance supplied.

The current USFS alert lists both trails to La Mina Falls as closed.

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Partial guide: roadside parking only; listing match probable

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Cascada Las Delicias

About a 5-minute walk, per Platea PR

Cascada Las Delicias is a pair of small waterfalls and shallow pools on the Río Cialitos in Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos, reached from PR-533 in Ciales. Park at the roadside, take the short path down from the road to the first waterfall and pool, then cross large boulders to reach Las Delicias. The pools are shallow (the larger about three feet deep); do not jump from the falls. This partial guide relies on news and tourism articles: there is no parking area, and this listing's match to the named falls is probable, not confirmed by coordinates.

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Partial guide: roadside view; no parking described

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Cascada Salto Collazo

Roadside view; no walk

Salto Collazo is a 25 to 30-foot falls that drops into a pool right beside the Route 111 bridge east of San Sebastian, on the way to Lares, near the junction with Road 448. It is visible as you cross the bridge. On the downstream side of the bridge a second, much taller falls drops into the gorge; Puerto Rico Day Trips reached it only by driving a side road and working down through the forest without a trail, and that approach is not described as public. Flow is weak in dry spells. Trash has been reported at the site.

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Partial guide: informal roadside parking on a winding highway; safe parking and walking space are not confirmed

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Cascada Salto de Doña Juana

Roadside; no walk is needed for the view from the bridge

Salto de Doña Juana (also called Chorro de Doña Juana) is a three-tiered falls of roughly 100 feet beside PR-149, the mountain road between Villalba and Ciales, in the Toro Negro State Forest area of Orocovis. The falls are at kilometer 41.5 and can be seen from the road bridge in front of them. A visitor account says the pool at the bottom is reached by climbing down beside the bridge on either side; that descent is not a built path. PR-149 is narrow and winding with blind corners, so take care stopping and walking at the roadside.

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Partial guide: user path; land status and listing match not confirmed

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Cascada Survivor

Short walk; no distance given

Survivor Falls (Cascada SobreViviente or Cascada El Survivor) is a waterfall with three deep pools near Road 184 in the Carite area. Near km 12.3 of Road 184, by the Los Tres Chorros bar on a curve, the visitor parked on the right side of the road, walked down the small street toward the river, crossed the bridge and then a smaller bridge to the right, and followed a user path through tall grass to the falls. This partial guide relies on one visitor account: the path is user-made, land ownership along it is not stated, and this listing's match is probable, not confirmed by coordinates.

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Partial guide: official short path to the lower pool; which drop this listing marks is not confirmed

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Cataratas de Juan Diego

Short path; Waterfall Record lists about 0.1 mile round trip to the lower falls

Juan Diego Falls is a series of drops on Juan Diego Creek beside PR 191 in El Yunque National Forest. The Forest Service lists the Juan Diego site as open at Km 9.6 on PR 191, with a short path to a natural pool and a waterfall you can wade into. Park only in the designated roadside spaces and stay on the trail; restoration work has been done here inside a designated Wilderness area. The lower falls are a very short walk from the road. Larger upper drops are reached by a steep, muddy, slippery path that is not maintained. This listing does not say which drop it marks, so the exact tier is not confirmed.

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Partial guide: roadside parking by homes; steep cable-assisted trail

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Santa Clara

About 30 minutes down to the falls, per Puerto Rico Day Trips

Salto Santa Clara is a tall waterfall into a pool ringed by steep rock walls, high in the mountains of Yauco. From Route 2 in Yauco, take Road 372 up into the mountains to a dead-end road with a few houses; the signed trailhead is at the end on the right, beside a swing. The trail starts as a downhill track, then a sign points to a smaller dirt path. Cross a small stream; at the larger river (the top of the falls), keep to the trail on the right. One very steep stretch has a steel cable to hold, and near the end you climb over rocks. This partial guide relies on a visitor account; parking is at the roadside by homes, and whether parking there is allowed is not stated.

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