This place was the whole inspiration for our trip. It was because Thibault had seen pictures of the waterfalls, and the ability to swim in them, that he fancied the idea of this trip. The rest of the itinerary grew up around it.
So it had better be good eh? Did reality match up? Well, yes and no. The main problem, skilfully misrepresented by my photos, is just how busy this area is. Essentially you start on a path, with in many places boardwalks over marsh or water, and you are never more than a few feet from the person in front, nor are there really any paths away from the main one. Apart from that, well yes everything is as picturesque as you could wish for.
The feature consists of a series of mini-cascades through a wooded limestone valley. I will let the photos do the talking.
And finally we get to the spot where you can swim from. There are no lockers or anything, and so great the numbers little space to even sit. So we found a tree, the lads stripped down for a swim and I gallantly stayed with the clothes, and rather more importantly the accumulated electronic devices. (It's ok, I got my turn later).
Now as a swimming spot there are two other catches which are evident from the photo below. Firstly you can't actually swim up top the waterfall - there is a boom to keep people back from it. Secondly, it isn't easy to get into or swim about in. Those rather attractive yellowy-green splodges beneath the surface are large algae covered rocks. They are in places barely below the surface, vary hard (surprise, they are rocks) and slimy, so not easy to walk over, but difficult to swim over or between. I fared much better than the boys because I bought my crocs in my rucksack. They were ideal!
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| My manly companions returned from the dangerous waters. |
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