8 waterfalls · within 60 km
There are 8 waterfalls within 60 km of Tlatlauquitepec in a straight line, an hour or a little more by road. The closest is Cascada de Puxtla, 4 km away; the farthest, Salto de Quetzalapan, is 51 km. They are listed under the Pueblos Mágicos of Zacatlán, Chignahuapan, Cuetzalan, and Tetela de Ocampo, which make good bases.
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: Feb, Mar, Apr, May.
The Waterfalls 8
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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. -
Cascada Las Brisas · Waterfall · 17 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near Cuetzalan
Cuetzalan's most visited waterfall, a 17 m horsetail drop reached on foot from San Andrés Tzicuilan, near El Salto. -
Pancho Poza · Waterfall · 28 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near Teziutlán
A cloud-forest reserve near Altotonga, Veracruz, with a waterfall, clear river pools for swimming, camping and cabins nearby. -
Cascadas de Aconco · Waterfall · 36 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near Tetela de Ocampo
Two tall waterfalls in the Xaltatempa canyon, run by a community group with cabins, trout, a zip line and rappelling. -
Cascada de San Pedro · Waterfall · 49 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near Zacatlán
The closest waterfall to Zacatlán, a graceful drop of about 20 meters in a wooded ravine on the edge of town. -
Cascada Monumental · Waterfall · 51 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Puebla
Big drop of the Quetzalapan river between Zacatlán and Chignahuapan, by the Salto de Quetzalapan park: 365 steps, ziplines and an old power plant. -
Cascadas de Tulimán · Waterfall · 51 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near 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 · 51 km from Tlatlauquitepec · Near Chignahuapan
Chignahuapan's big waterfall, a drop of around 200 meters reached by a long stone staircase, with zip lines and rappelling.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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