El Risco / El Charco Azul (Hike)

Nice hike and waterfall. No hiking footwear necessary, but some kind of trainers would be recommend. You have to park in El Risco (very limited parking spaces) and walk up, it takes roughly 30-40 minutes to hike to the waterfall. Bring your own water as the store in El Risco is really overpriced.

Went before 12:00 on March 12th and the pool was in the shade. Wasn’t particularly blue either, and no waterfall. Nice walk up there tho, easy 30 mins. Perhaps it’s better after some rain and later in the afternoon!

We really enjoyed this walk. Parked up at the bottom of the hill and walked up through el Risco, and to the waterfall took us around 30/40 minutes. Good shoes are needed! The waterfall was more of a trickle (January) but we enjoyed it none the less and took a dip in the water. Lots of people on reviews complained of it’s cleanliness. We found it to be clean and fresh!

There is no cellular data available (even in the village) so be sure to check everything out before you get there. When you get to the big rock and small water (that’s what we visited, without knowing there is much more to see) you need to keep walking in order to get to the waterfall. You definitely need comfy shoes and a stick to move the grass. Drinkable water and sunscreen also! It was beautiful, quiet and we swam in that little pond. It was amazing seeing he we were alone there! But I’m sad we missed the waterfall

Not really a blue lagoon during November 2023 - more blue / green algae with a trickle of waterfall as it's source. Not one to swim in, but worth the 30 mins walk up from town.