Quebrada Juan Diego — Attraction in Río Grande

I want to rate this higher but there are just so many issues that keep me from doing so. To start, parking is an absolute nightmare! In the entire park there might be 30 parking spots total. This is partially due to damage from hurricane Maria and the park having several locations closed to the public, but I'm not sure why this includes parking lots. Many people were parking in undesignated areas causing further damage to the grounds and creating more sediment/erosion issues. We however circled to lot 4 or 5 times until we finally found a place to park. The falls are one of only a few visitor locations, and you can get in the water and cool off so they are very crowded. This makes it difficult to take any decent photos without strangers in your view of nature. It also made me not want to hop in the pools and trade bacteria with the multitude of people there. There is a semi-hidden trail (not official) at the last pool. It is quite sketchy to travel up and back down, but there is an additional waterfall most do not see and a pool above the rest that is more inviting, wouldn't reccomend for small children, elderly, or anyone with physical limitations though. Beautiful spot, over crowded, under funded, will be desecrated by...

These falls are absolutely breathtaking. But the reviews are interesting/borderline misleading so I want to clear some things up. The falls are off the main road leading up the mountain in El Yunque. I def recommend getting there early before hoards of tours and other adventurers arrive. There are 3 waterfalls and you can swim in each. Each one is along the same path. The 1st 2 are easy to get to, but the last one requires you to Traverse a rather steep, root ridden path. It is meant to be climbed but I highly suggest water shoes, water hiking shoes, or other grippy shoes. We saw people with flip flops and they looked unstable at best. Also, if you are non ambulatory, you cannot get there. We had our 5 and 9 year old with us, but they are very adventurous but we definitely had to help them cross the path and remain safe and stable. If you fall, you can seriously injure yourself. Despite this potential peril, it was an absolute blast climbing this to get to the real gem, the huge waterfall at the end. It was refreshing, cold, and so much beautiful energy. We are counting the days on when to go back, it was an absolute blast. Just be prepared...

Beautiful little waterfall! It's a really short hike up from the road to the first pool and waterfall. When we arrived on a Thursday afternoon there was a small crowd already there. You can see the second upper waterfall from below the first one, but when we climbed up there, we had it all to ourselves. You can clamber up some rocks on the left side of the lower waterfall to get to the upper falls. It's steep, but not very high and I was sure some of the other people would follow us, but they didn't. The upper waterfall is a bit taller than the lower fall and you can swim in either pool. The water was cold but nothing like mountain rivers in the Rockies. I was able to get myself submerged without too much mental energy and I'm a cold water wimp. Finally, we could see a route up to the left of the upper waterfall. We didn't try it, but it looks like some people follow the river further up. I'd love to know what's up there. Bottom line, check out the climb to the second falls. If you think you can handle it, it's a better waterfall. (Pictures are of a huge fern, and the second...