Arco Del Tiempo - 30424 Cintalapa

The place is impressive, the dimensions of the place make it an imposing site that can only be accessed by rappelling, the walk to the place is exhausting, the trails are very muddy and the slope is quite high, so it helps to carry walking sticks.

Complicated and spectacular The camp or cabins are 1 hour from Cintalapa, for this you pass a 10 KM stretch of dirt road, practically from Cintalapa onwards there is no telephone signal. The cabins are good, basic, basic food at a moderate price. There you pay in advance for the rappel and guide (650) access to the reserve ($150) Leaving from there you can advance 3km on a motorcycle with a local ($50 p/p) or in your car only that it would remain in the jungle for 1 day, from there you will have to rent a mule to carry your backpack for the first 5km ($250 p/backpack) (which will be very large and heavy, impossible to carry only considering that you will camp at the arch, sleeping bag, tent, water, food, clothing) and hence, rent a sherpa ($125) to carry it for the last km, which is downhill and more complicated. From leaving the point where you leave the cars to reaching the arch, you make 4.5 hours. then 2 hours to wait between the arrival of your backpack and the turn to rappel down to the arch, you go down and it's already late so you take the opportunity to take the photos before nightfall, cross the river carrying your backpack and camp on a beach, (well During the week there are usually about 70 people, it is advisable to go during the week so that the abseiling time is less). You run out of water so you have to drink from a spring. The next day, very early, pick up your camp and queue for 2 or 3 or 4 hours to rappel out of the arch, this part is the most strenuous since they are about 40 meters high. You wait another time for your backpack to go up the zip line and you start walking the 6 km back, you pay again for the sherpa and the mule to help you with your luggage. You arrive at the camp at dusk, 6 or 7 pm and from there take the road at night. Something complicated, expensive and demanding but what you will see has no comparison, it is a true wonder of nature, there is no photo that does the place justice. It is necessary to be in good physical condition, know how to swim and adapt to unexpected situations. It is recommended not to go on weekends or holidays due to the number of people, in my opinion it would be more enjoyable to go with an agency and you don't worry about many things, only that it is twice as expensive.

An incredible place that is worth the entire walk and everything suffered along the way, relatively 4 hours of walking through the ocote jungle to get here but it is worth it, the place is so imposing and that connects you with nature, camping here is the ideal to enjoy it to the fullest, the nights are so calm and the stars light up and in the morning the noise of the birds singing along with the echo that the place makes is fascinating. I love it if it were up to me I would come back here more times.