So glad I found this video when planning my trip. Followed the recommendations and it was amazing how spot on the video was. Save yourself the tour guide money and follow this guy!
Peace. Thank you for your videos. My partner and I are thinking about taking an extended holiday in Puerto Rico. You not only show places to go, but also stay true to Puerto Rico and share with us cultural etiquette. Blessings.
Thank you so much for your comment!! I’m glad I’ve been able to transmit that, because that’s definitely something very important to me. I’m glad you’ve been able to enjoy my videos and hopefully they help you our during your stay. Hope you have a fantastic time here in Puerto Rico! 😄🙏🏼🇵🇷
Hey Matthew! Thank you so much! Just responded to your last comment. Hope that information works and I hope you have a fantastic time in Puerto Rico! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Great gratitude for this video Thank you El Yunque National Rainforest in precious Puerto Rico is beautiful to visit. Thanks for sharing 🕊⚘🇵🇷👑🕊 Respect the rainforest and keep it CLEAN. Please and Thank you🇵🇷💖
Hi Gisel! Thank you for leaving a comment!! Definitely El Yunque is a magical place that deserves all the respect and care that we can give it! Always pick up your trash and leave no trace. 🙏🏼🙌🏼🇵🇷😄
I absolutely love your content! Continue producing these fun, explorative videos. Viva 🇵🇷 🇵🇷🇵🇷 Also - I hope everyone viewing your videos will listen to your tips and clean up after themselves. We do need to our part to help keep these beautiful places clean and safe so everyone can continue to enjoy them.
Que viva Puerto Rico!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 Thank you so much for your comment! It brings me a lot of joy to know that people love my videos as much as I love making them! And yess! It is a shame to find trash at these beautiful places. Unfortunately, some us locals carry the blame as well. I hope that with time people become more conscious of the impact they have on the environment. In the mean time, I’ll do my part to pick up after myself and pick up whatever I see around.
Hey Victoria! Thank you so much!! Hope you have a great time visiting these rivers and waterfalls! For sure! Gotta advocate for keeping these beautiful places clean and pure. 🍃🌿🌳🙌🏼
Thank you for your insightful videos! Excited to check these areas with my little family. I have a 1 year old boy so hearing the difficulty level of these areas is super helpful!
Thank you so much for the super thanks!! Glad my video cleared that up for you. You’ll definitely have an easier time with a 1 year old going to Puente Roto and maybe to the ponds at Juan Diego that are closer to the beginning of the trail. Remember to always check the weather to make sure it doesn’t rain! If it’s raining, don’t get in the water. Apart from that, hope you have a fantastic time in Puerto Rico! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
I smashed the like button and subscribed. I just found your channel and im glad I did. You do phenomenal job and really appreciate it.the only disappointing part is people leaving trash, I would have to put a trash bag on my list just to pick up after others but I won’t let that ruin my day. Thanks again and keep these videos coming.
Hey Angel! Again, I really appreciate your feedback and support! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷 I agree with you, it’s a shame that people don’t respect nature and try their best to keep it clean. Hopefully educating more people will change that. 🙏🏼
Thank you, Gerry!! I don’t have one at the moment, but that’s definitely something on the list. For starters, Peña Blanca in Aguadilla is an amazing snorkeling spot. Also, search for Scuba Dogs Puerto Rico online, they give scuba tours in San Juan. Hope that helps! 😄🇵🇷🙌🏼
Hey Mary! I really appreciate that! Hopefully everyone feels that way when they see my videos. Just here on a mission to help people visit and learn about our beautiful island 😄🙏🏼🇵🇷
Thanks for making this video dude! Nice quick way to digest and decide on some of the trails and falls in the area to visit. My girlfriend and I are sold on Los Tinajas and very excited to visit!
Hey Jay! Thank you for leaving a comment! 😄 Glad the video helped you guys! Las Tinajas is amazing! Make sure to check the weather before you go because that river can be dangerous if it’s raining. Apart from that (and taking your trash) hope you have a great trip! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
thank you so much for this video! I am going to PR in a week, GOD willing and this video is super helpful. I love the way you explain everything. two Thumbs up
Hey Heriberto! Thank you so much for the comment and for subscribing! Glad it was helpful! These places are beautiful and awesome, so I hope you have an amazing time! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Another great video. ¡Gracias, Brick! I was in PR last week and your videos were my guide. I need to go back, so much to explore! You need to make one on snorkeling spots. Also, you should include the reminder on taking the trash in every video. Unfortunately, everywhere i went there was trash :( ¡Gracias!
Hey Gonzalo! This is amazing! So pumped that I was able to help you explore the many amazing places in Puerto Rico! Snorkeling spots are 100% on the to do list! Haha and yes! We need to keep reminding everyone to take care of the beauty that is Puerto Rico!
I'll go to the beach, but if given the choice between a great river/waterfall swimming spot or a beach, I will chose the river spot 10 times out of 10. I LOVE a great river swimming spot. My last visit to PR we did Las Paylas in Luquillo for the first time and it was the highlight of our trip. The trip before that, we did Las Tinajas for the first time, and I absolutely loved it.
I’m the same! I love the whole experience of visiting a river, being surrounded by trees, the beauty of the spot, the chilly temperature. Las Tinajas is fantastic! I’m definitely going back! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Great hob! I grew up going to Las pailas and the forests and ceeeks were ny playgrounds. I never saw a snake all my years. Is it true that now snakes and gators or crocs avound? If you coud do a piece on that please. You channel is great.
Hey Luis!! Thank you!! You might see snakes, but they’re native to PR and most of them are relatively small. As for gators and caymans, that has been a problem for a while. Every so often you see news of authorities capturing one, but they’re often in the same areas. Luckily, generally not at rivers people frequent for swimming.
Awesome stuff, thank you very much for sharing and giving great details on the area. We will be in Luquillo in late December and we will try a few of these places.
Hey Rudy!! Thanks so much for commenting! I absolutely NEED to make videos about the food in PR! A food truck/food truck park video would be great! Hopefully I don’t get a food coma half way through the video 😂😂😂.
Didn’t include El Hippie since it’s a bit further away than the rest of the spots and El Mango is in Adjuntas which is very far away from El Yunque haha
Thanks for sharing. I’m visiting Puerto Rico next month. My daughter wanted to do the rainforest waterfall tour. Can we access La Pailas without purchasing a park entrance pass? Thanks in advance. Hopefully we can book your services❤
Hey! Yes you can! Las paylas is outside of the recreational area managed by the forest service so you won’t have to reserve beforehand to visit it. However, you’ll likely need to pay to park in front of a locals house or even inside their house. Hope that helps! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Before the internet "opened up" Puerto Rico to everybody, different areas had "their" little river swimming area. In the 70s as a kid, Puente Roto was that spot for us, when we would go to visit family in Rio Grande.
Yes!! Definitely on the top of my list of videos to make! Based on the popularity of the Vieques video, I’m sure a lot of people will appreciate one of Culebra 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Hey Ashley!! That’s amazing!! At the moment I’m not offering tours in person, but I can definitely connect you with knowledgeable tour guides who are! Let me know! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
is it better to go with a travel guide, or are the trails suitable for a beginner? i'm in good shape, just concerned about finding my way. also with parking do you just leave the car on the side of road next to trail head or will there always be paid parking?
I would say they are all easy to get to except Las Tinajas if you walk up river from the first parking you see on the street. There’s a parking at the very end of the street that has a easy trail to the riverbed.
Thank you for the great video, it helps so much! I was just wondering if you could give a rough outline on how much parking at the more expensive lot for las tinajas costs?
Hey!! Thank you!! Glad it help you out!! Honestly, I’m not quite sure, but I would bring maybe $20 in cash just in case. I highly doubt it would be $20. Maybe $10 max, and I’d say that’s a stretch, but I’m honestly not sure. 😅
Hey Matt!!! I love saving comments like yours so I can look back in the future and thing “wow, that seemed like a crazy dream, but here we are!” 😄🙌🏼🙏🏼 Thank you so much!! La Mina is inside of the main recreational area but it is still closed because of damages after hurricanes. However, the Forest Service recently started to repair the trail to La Mina. Not sure when they’ll finish it, but I assume it’ll take some time. La Coca Waterfall is inside of the main recreational area and can be easily viewed because it is right next to the road after you enter the ranger’s checkpoint to enter. Hope that helps! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
@@BriksTravelGuides yes most in depth Puerto Rico travel info I’ve seen !!! Puerto Rico is world class in beauty went there 7 years ago I’m going again in November ! Ty for the answer keep up good work !
Thanks for these videos! Can you make a video about how to get to Flamenco beach? I am visiting in a few months and never made it to Culebra. This time I really want to go! :)
Hey there! Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you liked it! For sure I need to get myself to both Vieques and Culebra. There is a lot of confusion on how to get to these islands so I’d be glad to make a video that clears it up. Hopefully soon, before your trip! Thanks for the recommendation!
Hey Captain! Honestly, I’m not sure about those specific species, but I do know that people do fish a lot in the lagoons, rivers and oceanfronts around the island. You might see them with their fishing rods on the roadside near the beach. Hope that helps a bit! Thanks for leaving a comment! 😄🙏🏼🇵🇷
i remeber going to PR in 1996 and my uncke to ok us to a cave. he calle dit the bat cave, but i dont recall where it is. hubby and i are planning on going in February 2022
That's amazing! I hope you'll be able to visit many great places during your visit! Try visiting the Cavernas del Rio Camuy which reopened recently. I made a video of everything you should expect from your visit. To book a tour with them, you can try to call the numbers in the description, but honestly they're short staffed so your best bet if that doesn't work is to just shop up to the park and hope they give you a tour. Not ideal, but worth it if you have the time.
Hey Swaizy! Yes, you’d still need to get tickets to visit the main area of el Yunque where you can get to the very top. The only river on this list you do need tickets for is the Juan Diego Falls, the rest you can visit without tickets.
Gracias por tu información, nos ayudo mucho y nos encantó El Yunke. Iremos de regreso a Puerto Rico el año que viene, alguna recomendación de donde ir a bucear / snorkel?
Hola Luis! Mil gracias por ver mis videos y por comentar! Que bueno que los pude ayudar y que han decidido volver! Crash Boat o Peña Blanca en Aguadilla son algunos lugar bastante populares para bucear y snorkel. Ademas puedes verificar Shacks Beach en Isabela.🤿🇵🇷 En San Juan esta el grupo Scuba Dogs en el Escambron que llevan a grupos a el area y quizas te pueden proveer mas información.
Good video. We’re going the first week of Jan 2022. Are the trails and waterfalls in el yunque open? On the west side is survivor beach hike worth it? Thanks for sharing
Hey! There are some trails that are open and some that are closed. Your best bet for up to date info on the trails is the US Forest Service - El Yunque Facebook page or their website. The Juan Diego Trail that I talk about on this video is open, and the other spots are outside of the main visitor area so they are likely open as well. I’ve never been to Survivor Beach, but I’ve been told it is beautiful! However, you need to check if the tide is high because if it is, you might not be able to do the complete hike.
Thanks so much for this video! So informative and helpful! Should I visit Puente Roto first, and then Angelito's trail? (also, where does Juan Diego's creek fall between these two places?)
Hi Melissa! Thank you for the support! Yes, you could visit both. Puente Roto is extremely easy to get to so if you want to move to Angelito's Trail you'll be able to do it really quickly. Juan Diego is located within the main visitor area of el Yunque. To visit it you'll need to get a ticket on their website. It's about 19 minutes away from Puente Roto whereas Puente Roto is only about 2 minutes away from Angelito's Trail. Hope that helps!
Oh wow! Yeah, a lot of people get lost in El Yunque, specifically if they venture to the Naguabo side of El Yunque which doesn't have rangers monitoring the access. A lot of people get lost or injured when visiting the Infinity Pool de Naguabo, which is a challenging 3 hour hike just one way, and most people don't go adequately prepared for that.
Hi Cathy! Thank you so much for commenting! You would just need to reserve on the website recreation.gov for the Juan Diego Trail waterfall since it is located inside El Yunque's main visitor area. All others are outside of this area so you can go at any time, though you might need the permission of land owners to access trails such for Las Paylas. Hope that helps!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR MAKING THESE VIDEOS! Las Tinajas is one of the spots im going on my trip. Its the last week of August that we will be there. Does it start to rain during that time?
Hi Erika! Thank you so much for your comment and support! It really does depend. In general it always rains a bit since Las Tinajas is close to El Yunque which is a rainforest. If I were you I'd download a satellite weather app like MyRadar to check the weather on the days before and on the day you plan to go to Las Tinajas. If it's raining, I wouldn't go since it can be dangerous. Hope that helps! Be safe and enjoy Puerto Rico!
@@BriksTravelGuides thank you. I’ll go download that app now! Does it get really warm temprano en la mañana? I’m planning las tinajas before medio día because we’re catching the ferry to culebra around 12. Is that a good idea.
@@erikaamort2302 I haven’t taken the ferry to Culebra in a whole, but I think it would be a good idea to be early at the port just in case any situation arises. Personally I would do it on separate days.
Coming to Puerto Rico in a couple weeks: do you need to rent a 4x4 to get around the island? We are staying three nights at the Hyatt regency, then Rincon, then Laga Guajataca? Thanks!
Hey Chad! A 4x4 is not completely necessary. I have a hatchback sedan which has managed to go everywhere on my videos haha however, an SUV would be better to avoid any potholes (which there are many) on the streets. Hope that helps! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Do you need tickets for the Visitor Center as well? Where and when do I purchase those, aside from the vehicle entry ticket? I am going to PR in a month!
Hey Xavier! You don’t need tickets to visit the Visitor Center! Though there is an admission fee which you pay in the entrance. Hope you enjoy your visit to Puerto Rico! 😄🙌🏼🇵🇷
Hey Kelly! If you want to stay close to San Juan and see sea turtles you should go to the Escambron Beach. There are several turtles that swim around that area. If you’re looking to go further, check out Peña Blanca Beach in Aguadilla. There is amazing snorkeling there!
Hey David! You can send me a message to brikguardado@gmail.com with all the details regarding your interest and I’ll be happy to answer your questions!
