Pulhapanzak waterfall

Located 1 hour and half from San Pedro Sula.

General overview

Pulhapanzak means ¨white river overflow¨, it used to be a pre Mayan ceremonial site. With a 43 meter tall waterfall it´s one of Honduras most beautiful destinations. The waterfall itself can entertain you for 10 minutes staring at it, but if you want to feel it you can choose to do the water cave hike that goes behind the waterfall through a trail only accessible with a local guide. It´s hard to describe the sensation of the 4th waterfall with more flow of water in Central America falling in your shoulders, it´s a just pure adrenaline shot.

My recommendation is that if you have the time you should allow yourself to camp close by. The never ending sound of water give you a nice relaxing meditational camping ground. The direction of the wind changes during the night giving you a cool mist and if you are lucky with full moon you can see perfectly the waterfall. I like to go down the stairs to the wooden deck to have the entire waterfall in front of me. Hard to take pictures of it in the night but if you know your tricks with photography it would be peace of cake.

How to get there

At the metropolitan bus station in San Pedro Sula take the:

¨Pulhapanzak express¨ bus.
Take a ¨Mochito bus¨ to D&D micro brewery, restaurant and lodge.

Things to do

  • Canopy zip line: $20
  • River tubing (3hours and half): $22
  • Water cave hike: $10
  • Stay overnight at the cabins: $60 for the single cabin / $80 for the double cabin.
  • Stay overnight camping: $7.5

Things to do in the surroundings

  • Lake Yojoa
  • Cerro Azul Meambar (PANACAM)
  • Los Naranjos archaeological site
  • Santa Barbara National Park
  • Taulabe caves
  • El Cajon electric dam
  • Hot springs of Azacualpa

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