We, some local geocachers were visiting this beauty, the Yunque, when we realized we should add additional caches due to the amount of tourists visiting the area. This is a stop that everybody should perform to observe the spectacular water falls with a drop of 85 feet. It's an excellent spot to take spectacular photos. You can also climb some rocks and get close to the cold water however is not necessary to find the cache. Hope you enjoy your visit. Please help in maintain the cache and be careful with muggles when retrieving and putting back the cache.
To avoid muggles, cache was relocated close to the parking lot but still stealth techniques are required
. El Yunque National Forest, formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest is located in the rugged Sierra de Luquillo. The forest covers lands of the municipalities of Canóvanas, Las Piedras, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, and Rio Grande. Get its name from an Indian spirit Yuquiye, which means "Forest of Clouds", that gave the mountain that dominates the 28,000 acre of tropical forest. It is the only tropical forest in the United States National Forest System. With over 240 species (26 species are found nowhere else) of trees and plants, give reason to the government of Puerto Rico to spend a great deal of moneymaking to preserve floral species and animals that are on the verge of extinction. The Forest contains rare wildlife including the Puerto Rican Parrot, which is one of the ten most endangered species of birds in the world. Its scientific name is Amazona vitatta. The Puerto Rican parrot is a small amazon parrot, about a foot in length, bright green, with red forehead, blue primary wing feathers, and flesh-colored bill and feet. El Yunque is the rainiest of all the National Forests with up to 240 inches per year. More than 100 billion gallons of rainwater fall on the Forest per year. The climate is frost-free and ranges in moisture from semi-desert to rain forest conditions within very short distances. There are strong easterly trade-winds and cool weather is normal at the higher elevations.
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Here is my advice and my personal opinion: if you want to go to the Yunque’s most spectacular sites and have 3-5 hours to spare, this is the order of the caches you should follow: Portal (GC3G44K), La Coca Falls (GC39PW7), Yokahu Tower (GC39PWZ), Mt. Britton (GC3G466), Los Picachos (GC3G484), The Peak (GC3G48KJ) , On The Top of the Yunque (GC33C05), The Rock (GC2VD3Y) Baño Grande (GC3G492), El Yunque Earth Cache (GC5C51Q), Take a Break on the Trails (GC43GH5), La Mina- Yunque Waterfall (GC5CG3A), and Luquillo Far Far Away (GC4RPAX),
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If you don’t have time and just want to do the “easier ones” then this is the order: Portal (GC3G44K), La Coca (GC39PW7), Yokahu (GC39PWZ), Baño Grande (GC3G492) El Yunque Earth Cache (GC5C51Q), Take a Break on the Trails (GC43GH5), La Mina- Yunque Waterfall (GC5CG3A), and Luquillo Far Far Away (GC4RPAX)