Cascada de Yelapa
A
cache
by Oggers
Hidden:
2/16/2002
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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This cache is located at a waterfall, about 1/2 mile from the
fishing village of Yelapa, south of Puerto Vallarta on the Bahia de
Banderas.
To get to Yelapa, you will need to travel by boat. Either take a
water taxi or rent a panga. Best way is to go to Boca de Tomatlan,
by taxi or bus, then rent a panga on the beach. Bring your snorkel
gear, there are some great coves to explore on the way. The panga
driver will bring you to a beach choked with palapa
restaurants...we ate at Fanny's and didn't get sick. To find the
cache, cross the stream on the right side of the beach, and go up
the stairs near the Vortex. Get on the trail towards the town, and
follow the signs to Cascada (waterfall). The trail winds up the
right side of a stream about 1/2 mile to the waterfall. Once at the
waterfall, cross the stream, and look for the cache on the left
side of the trail, somewhat higher than the pool. You may have a
problem getting an accurate GPS fix, because of the overlying
vegetation of the jungle. My GPS indicated accuracy within 100 ft
(If problems, check the pictures or the hints). The Cache is a
clear tupperware type container, with a geocache sticker,
containing miscellaneous nicknacks. This is a pretty popular place,
with lots of kids coming and going...you'll need to be pretty cool
about the search, so the cache doesn't get found and raided. A
RECENT GEOCACHER SUGGESTED AN INPORTANT WARNING TO ALL THAT YOU
LOOK BEFORE STICKING YOUR HAND IN TO RETRIEVE THE CACHE...THERE ARE
SCORPIONS AROUND!!!
Additional Hints (
Decrypt
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Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
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Gur pnpur vf ghpxrq vagb n avpur va gur ebpxf gb gur yrsg bs gur genvy, whfg yrsg bs n cnyz, pbirerq jvgu n fznyy ebpx, naq fbzr onex. Gurer vf n onzobb envyvat gb gur evtug bs gur genvy ng nobhg gur fnzr yriry nf gur pnpur. Frr gur cvpgherf sbe qrgnvyf.
(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
 Route off the beach to trail
The Vortex restaurant is to the left. Walk between the buildings up to the trail.
View to the beach
View from the trail onto the beach
Follow the sign
Trail to waterfall
Cascada de Yelapa
View of waterfall in dry season, from the cache.
View towards the cache.
The cache is to the left of trail and vegetation
Closeup of cache site
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 April 1 by WellJointed (1695 found)
bug drop
[view this log] |  April 1 by WellJointed (1695 found)
[Came here last year on a 'booze cruise' but they only gave us 20 minutes on the beach, just enough time to walk up to the falls, hang aound for 5-10 minutes for pictures, then all hustled back to the boat with no joy in spite of looking all around. This year my wife consented (barely) to come back. We went to Boca yesterday and checked out the village and water taxi from there but decided today to take the water taxi from old town pier (250 pesos, about 18-19 dollars, each for the round trip) It was a good trip and I had looked at the previous finders cheat pictures beforehand. It still took quite a while to find it and I tried to make it much harder, like terrain 3, than it was. It was frustrating to come all this way and not find it, and feel like a dork besides, so here is help if you want it.] Ybbx ng cerivbhf svaqref cubgbf. Tb bire gur perrx, hc gur 20 sbbg ybat pbapergr enzc. Vg vf whfg cnfg gur gbc bs gur enzc, qbja naq fyvtugyl yrsg, abg haqre nal obhyqref. Haqre fznyy ebpxf. Vg vf boivbhf naq gevpxl fb er uvqr jryy naq jngpu sbe zhttyrf. (decrypt)
[view this log] | March 6 by fred&peggy (187 found)
Thanx for the heads up on the condition of the
Cat Toy. I can't remember what was attached to the tag but the original log stated:
I'VE ESCAPED, KEEP ME AWAY FROM CATS! I will let you use your own judgement as to the future of the TB.
[view this log] | March 3 by scratch1 (3201 found)
What a great location. Caught water taxi from PV @ 9:45 am - $250 pesos per person round trip. Walked around the beach to the far side, stopping @ Vortex Cafe for a drink, also where the stairs are to head up to town. Awesome waterfalls and great hide. Had a hint from one of the Royce snow party about the general location of the cache. We new that the cache was is bad shape so took along a zip lock bag, paper and some swag. Cache now in great shape. Royce snow had taken a TB CAT TOY that was in the cache but did not show as been there. They have given it to us so we will place in cache then take back out and move along. As the cache was wet the TB attachment was completely destroyed. Stopped back at Vortex Cafe for fish tacos-highly recommended and great viewing spot to watch the whales. TFTC scratch1(M&L)
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|  February 6 by pecheurs (230 found)
cet endroit sert de toilette a ciel ouvert tres deguelaste de plus je ne l'ai pas trouve manque de temps
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Current time: 11/21/2009 3:01:34 AM
Last Updated: 5/26/2009 12:44:20 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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