Huasteca Potosina

The Huasteca Potosina is the eastern region of the state of San Luis Potosí, where the Sierra Madre Oriental descends to the Gulf of Mexico plain. Limestone ranges covered in forest are cut by rivers of turquoise-blue water, due to dissolved minerals, which form waterfalls, natural pools and canyons.

The Tamul waterfall, about 105 meters high, is the tallest in the state and is reached by canoe, paddling upriver along the Santa María. The Micos and Tamasopo cascades have swimming pools, and at the Sótano de las Golondrinas, a natural sinkhole over 500 meters deep, thousands of birds emerge in a spiral at dawn.

In Xilitla, high on the ridge, the English poet Edward James built the garden of Las Pozas between the 1940s and 1980s, with dozens of concrete sculptures amid the forest and waterfalls, one of the most well-known works of surrealism in Mexico.

The region is home to the teenek and nahua peoples, with their own cuisine, such as zacahuil, a giant tamale.

This destination brings together 3 cities: Ciudad Valles, Aquismón, Xilitla.