Your truly on the Micos (D. Elliot photo)
If you are looking for care-free waterfalls without scrambling slimy cliffs for portages or difficult approach and departure moves – Huasteca is the ticket. Hardcore BC boaters may find the water too warm, the weather too nice and the runs without carnage a bit boring.
The playland is in NE Mexico, near to Ciudad de Valles. Its easy: fly into Tampico, get picked up by the resort staff, drive to the put-in, get in the kayaks provided by Leland and Andrea from Brushy Mountain/River Gypsies, do your run, drop a few falls, stop at the bar at the take-out, celebrate with a cerveza (or a paloma, margarita, etc). Oh yeah, don’t eat too much at the bar – the multi-course dinner at the Huasteca Secreta Resort is coming soon.
The runs are pool-drop to the extreme. Travertine deposits form ledges and falls between clear turquoise calm pools. We did the Ojo Frio with tons of ledges and boofs and a couple of bigger drops (10-15 ft), the classic Micos with seven falls from 10 to 20 ft (most an easy walk-up for more runs) and El Salto with Leland’s all time favored, La Luminosa.
We liked Huasteca paddling so much last year, we had to do it again - this time with a bit more water.
(Unfortunately the trip wasn’t quite so relaxing for one paddler when his kayak decided to disappear behind a waterfall for a couple of days…)
Paddlespots in Google Maps
That's how its done!
Canadian's eh~!
Typical ledges on the Ojo Frio
More Ojo Frio (D. Elliot photo)
Ojo Frio, too
Dave dropping the first of the Micos falls
Group below the big one on the Micos (D. Elliot photo)
Pete - La Luminosa
Kansas Dave - El Salto
Tony - El Trampolin (P. Spear photo)
Michelle - El Trampolin (P. Spear photo)
More Scenic Views
El Tamul Falls
Natural swimming pool on top of the falls - don't swimm out too far. 100 meter drop just beyond the grass in the back, just on top of the falls in the previous picture (P. Spear photo)
Man-made swimming pool at Huasteca Secreta resort (D. Elliot photo)
Shuttle
Yoga with Andria
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Huasteca Secreta Resort at El Meco
Andria, Leland, Scott, Tony, Michelle, Dave, Pete, Claudia, Kansas Dave (D. Elliot photo)
