13 waterfalls
Puebla has 13 waterfalls with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Zacatlán, Chignahuapan, Cuetzalan, and Huauchinango. The closest to a pueblo is Cascada Las Brisas, 2 km from Cuetzalan; the farthest out is Pancho Poza, 17 km from Teziutlán.
Waterfalls run fullest in the rainy season, roughly June to October, and the water is clearest from November to February. In the driest months, March to May, some shrink to a trickle.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.
The Waterfalls 13
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Cascada Las Brisas · Waterfall · 2 km from Cuetzalan
Cuetzalan's most visited waterfall, a 17 m horsetail drop reached on foot from San Andrés Tzicuilan, near El Salto. -
Cascada de San Pedro · Waterfall · 2 km from Zacatlán
The closest waterfall to Zacatlán, a graceful drop of about 20 meters in a wooded ravine on the edge of town. -
Cascada de Totolapa · Waterfall · 2 km from Huauchinango
Turquoise pool under a waterfall in moss-covered rock, a few minutes' walk from the road, with a trout farm nearby. -
Cascada de Puxtla · Waterfall · 4 km from Tlatlauquitepec
The tallest waterfall around Tlatlauquitepec, over 80 m high, which you can see from a lookout, from its base and from behind. -
Cascadas de Tulimán · Waterfall · 7 km from Zacatlán
Ejido-run park on the same river as Quetzalapan: a roughly 300-meter fall in three drops, a warm mineral pool and hanging bridges. -
Salto de Quetzalapan · Waterfall · 7 km from Chignahuapan
Chignahuapan's big waterfall, a drop of around 200 meters reached by a long stone staircase, with zip lines and rappelling. -
Cascadas de Aconco · Waterfall · 8 km from Tetela de Ocampo
Two tall waterfalls in the Xaltatempa canyon, run by a community group with cabins, trout, a zip line and rappelling. -
Pancho Poza · Waterfall · 17 km from Teziutlán
A cloud-forest reserve near Altotonga, Veracruz, with a waterfall, clear river pools for swimming, camping and cabins nearby. -
Cascada Monumental · Waterfall · Zacatlán
Big drop of the Quetzalapan river between Zacatlán and Chignahuapan, by the Salto de Quetzalapan park: 365 steps, ziplines and an old power plant. -
Cascada de Apatlaco · Waterfall · San Nicolás de los Ranchos
A roughly 50 m waterfall fed by Iztaccíhuatl's meltwater, in Apatlaco Eco Park, with cabins and camping on the road up to Paso de Cortés. -
Cascada de Los Pescaditos · Waterfall · Molcaxac
A spring of the Zoquiac river spilling into five green pools in a cactus-lined canyon at Molcaxac, in Puebla's Mixteca. -
Cascadas de Ahuehuetla · Waterfall · Huehuetlán el Grande
Turquoise pools below a drop of about 10 m, reached on foot under ahuehuete trees from San Agustín Ahuehuetla, in Huehuetlán el Grande. -
Cascadas la Morena · Waterfall · Huauchinango
A 30-metre-plus waterfall in a forest eco-park outside Huauchinango, at km 191 of the Mexico–Tuxpan road, with guided hikes and camping.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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