Santa Clara

Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico
Access status: Partial guide: roadside parking by homes; steep cable-assisted trail
The walk: About 30 minutes down to the falls, per Puerto Rico Day Trips
Ground & access: Muddy, slippery dirt trail with a stream crossing, a very steep cable-assisted section, rock scrambling and steep drop-offs. Wear sneakers or boots and bring gloves.

Puerto Rico Day Trips: Venture Out to Santa Clara Waterfall

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.

Plan your visit

Signed trailhead at the end of a dead-end road off Road 372 in the Yauco mountains, then the trail down to the falls

Puerto Rico Day Trips gives about 30 minutes walking down to the falls and longer for the climb back, and 60 to 90 minutes for the round trip. No distance in miles is given.

Muddy, slippery dirt trail with a stream crossing, a very steep cable-assisted section, rock scrambling and steep drop-offs. Wear sneakers or boots and bring gloves.

Where to start

Roadside at the end of the dead-end road near the trailhead; the visitor account gives 18.145869, -66.834198. There is no cellular service, so download maps in advance.

Timing & water

Go in daylight and allow time to drive the mountain roads before dark. Trail is slippery after rain.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned.

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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico.

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