Rincon Falls is in the Rincon Valley just inland from Las Cuevas Bay on the north coast of Trinidad. As a part of Julia's busy Trini-itinerary, she and I joined Emile Serette's hiking club for a hike from Rincon village to the waterfalls. The hike begins by village and you have to traverse a number of orchards and small farms before fording several flowing streams and small waterfall. Then the hike heads uphill along hiking paths overgrown with thick rainforest and then culminates in a step descent (complete with abseiling rope to assist) to Rincon Falls.The falls are spectacular. They're apparently about 250 feet high and fall into a crystal clear deep pool.
The morning we set off for the hike it was pouring rain. Julia seemed a little perplexed that we would be continuing but, typically of the Trini rain, it stopped just as we arrived in the Rincon village and off we went. The rain did mean, however, that the path there was fairly muddy. So, we hiked and hiked and got continuously more muddy. Then, at the half way mark, we had a break at a small waterfall. We washed off and then continued and, of course, continued to get muddier and muddier. After a couple of hours we got to Rincon Falls where we stayed for a few hours, had lunch and rinsed off under the falls and in its pool. On the way back we got muddy again, stopped and rinsed off in the small waterfall again, only to be covered in mud by the time we got back to our car. So, the next stop was Maracas Bay where we, once and for all, washed away the mud in its beautiful green waters.
The hike was a great was to give Julia a sense of Trinidad's amazing natural beauty.
Rising off at the half-way falls.
Setting off - Julia sharing a joke with Omar.
The half-way mark.
Rising off at the half-way falls.
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