Cascadas de Agua Azul, Southern Mexico, Mexico

5Stephanie K 5:00 PM Dec 2, 2021

WARNING!
Beautiful waterfalls!!! We spend here 3 hours, which was a bit on the long side. WARNING: Please leave before dark!! We left after it was dark and got stopped by bandits jumping out of the jungle on the road. Our driver was a well enough driver to turn of the lights for a moment and keep driving. After the bend in the road another couple of people jumped out of the bushes pointing guns at us, but our drive kept driving and in the end nothing happend. But I thought my live was over for a couple of seconds. Thank God nothing happened, but I want to share this so you are aware that this is possible!

4Rowan H 5:00 PM Jul 31, 2022

Beautiful but commercial
We visited this waterfall as part of a day trip from San cristobal to Palenque. Given its location about 60km south of palenque on the somewhat dangerous highway 199 one must take some time to consider the logistics of getting here. The day trips which incorporate Agua Azul, Misol-Ha and the Palenque archeological site (as well as serving as your transport between San cristobal and palenque) to me made the most sense. It was 50 mexican peso for entry but this was covered by our tour. The site was quite stunning with numerous waterfalls and turquoise pools. I can confirm the water is still turquoise despite being the rainy reason (1/8/2022), although it did murky up a bit at the top end. There is a path which runs about a kilometre upstream from the parking lot which you can walk up. The best waterfalls are located at the start of the track though. You can swim here but due to previous drownings you are asked to only swim in designated areas. I found the water a little too cool for swimming. Change rooms and toilets were provided for a cost of 5 peso. There is a absolute plethora of restaurants and souvenir stores. They basically line the kilometre or so of track and the vendors can be quite pushy. This subtracted from its naturally beauty somewhat. What was most annoying was that they were all selling the exact same souvenirs. Overall worth a visit as a part of a larger tour of this area but do take some time to consider your safety (I note a few horror stories on this thread).