What a fantastic day. 8 of us cruisers got together and hired a guide to take us hiking up to the waterfall at Quimixto. It was about an hour drive from the marina where our hike started. We hiked all morning with jungle to our left and Banderas Bay on our right. The trail took us up and down rock steps, over dangerous bridges (one of them was being replaced as we crossed it), and along beautiful beaches. The trail was beautiful but not terribly well maintained. One member of our group was kneeling down on a footbridge to take a picture. He put some weight on the handrail and it snapped! I don’t want to mention any names but (Paul) made a good save of both himself and his camera as the drop was about 50 feet to hard rock and surf below.

After about 3 hours of hiking, we stopped at a little village for lunch. The village has no road access. The only access is by boat. We had been hiking slowly so the guide asked if we wanted to hire a panga to take us to the village of Quimixto. The day was getting long so we took her advice and took the panga (boat) to the base of the waterfall trail instead of hiking for another hour to get there.

Once in Quimixto we had to option of hiring a small horse to take us up to the falls or hiking. As it was an easy 30 minute hike, we decided to go on foot.

The falls were nice. There is a little bar at the top where you can order a drink and access the water at the base of the falls.

We took a panga back to the guides van. Because the tide was out and because so much sand had accumulated in front of the dock, the driver had to let us out on a sand spit and we had to wade through swift water to get back to dry land. We didn’t care so much but the locals who must have been heading to a festival with their piñatas and luggage didn’t seem so happy to have to get so wet.

I took a bunch of pictures and will put them in the Mexico gallery for all to view.