How our store works from exploration to home decor and other products: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlyu19RQS8&t=28s ... There is no lack of places to stay near El Yunque all year long. Remember there is no winter in Puerto Rico - only a nearby hurricane will close the park. See the main links page for NOAA hurricane center - the danger is mostly in September. The last major Huricane was Maria in 9/20/2017 and the park was closed for over a year. The La Mina trail and fall are still closed. The big issue is how you get to the park - with your own car or in some bus or limo service. It's your choice. You can also use a guided tour the...
This is a complex question - there is for example a 3-volume scientific study on EYNF by the AEC after a small atomic device was planted in the lower forest to study the effects in the 1960's. El Yunque may well be the most studied rain forest in the world...scientists study it, visitors go wild and locals cool off in the rivers. Reference: https://luq.lter.network/about El Yunque has something? Before Maria it attracted over 2 million spellbound visitors a year. They all loved La Coca waterfall and specially the roaring La Mina falls (closed). I always marvel at how HAPPY all get when immersed in a pond! … It can not be explained... Authors note: There are many tours to...
How our store works from exploration to home decor and other products: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlyu19RQS8&t=28s Raul in Rio Sabana Trail - Naguabo A view of El Yunque from Luquillo Beach ... These are Raul hints to make the best of a whole day in EYNF - Option 3. We assume you have done Option 1 and maybe 2 - great. But now we are going in an AWESOME adventure - up to the highest EYNF peak - El Toro. I have taken my whole family there - just one step at a time... We are going up and down El Toro Trail, and this is not accessible directly via PR-191, but via a smaller side road PR 186. It's a good road...
These are Raul hints to make the best of a whole day in EYNF - Option 2. Firo in the forest We assume you have done Option 1 - this is basic. Do not do this one in rainy weather, river floods close the way back. A flooded Rio Sabana in Naguabo 0-Study the roads - PR 66, PR-191, El Yunque trails, be prepared. Bring water and food and a backpack with some 1st aid and raincoat, bath suit, good boots. 1-Have your own car, arrive EARLY - Opens 7:30, closes 6 pm. 2-From SJ use Route 66 (toll - prepaid) - it's much faster. But can return via Luquillo beach and then Loiza to Condado direct. Can make stops-food/sunset....
How our store works from exploration to home decor and other products: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJlyu19RQS8&t=28s ... These are Raul hints to make the best of a whole day in EYNF - Option 1. The forest from Los Picachos on El Yunque trails The Incredible Mt Britton Trail 0-Study the roads - PR 66, PR-191, El Yunque trails, be prepared. Bring water and food and a backpack with some 1st aid and raincoat, bath suit, good shoes. If you want a slower way to get to EYNF you can go via Rio Grande, see this nice video on this approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRVX6-TzKI. This is precisely the way back I recommend + Loiza road up to Old San Juan. It does cover the entire PR...
