El Risco / El Charco Azul (Hike)

Today’s disappointment: after a two-hour journey to get here, we found a dry valley. Although the river valley is beautiful with its deep canyon, rocky terrain, and tall grass that make for some nice photos, that’s about all there is to see. From the parking area near the neighborhood, there’s a 20-minute walk, as the entrance is closed to non-locals. If you’re hoping to see a waterfall, you’ll need to wait for heavy rain; otherwise, you’ll just find a small puddle.

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.

Short but nice hike. We parked in El Risco (there is a small car park) and walked through town to get to the start of the hike. No hiking footwear necessary, but in some parts the plants are completely covering the path. Unfortunately at the end of the hike there was no waterfall, just a puddle of water (which seems common as it’s quite dry).

We went there yesterday and the lake is totally dry. But surrounding is very nice.

The tour there was fun, but maybe there should be more signs aboute the direction. I recommend visiting the “waterfall” in the raining season, because there were no waterfall, just a muddy puddle whith smelly water. Afterall we liked the way to get there, and the wiew was stunning, i just felt the silence more than i ever did.