New River Academy Student Stephen Forster
I have spent the last week at the rio claro and it has been epic. This river is renowned for its siete tazas section, which is a series of seven basalt pool drops that are some of the cleanest waterfalls I have ever seen. what many people do not now is there are two other sections known as the entres saltos and the veintidos saltos sections. The veintidos saltos consists of mostly clean waterfalls ranging from 10- 30 feet. The section is completely gorged in and hiking out is not an option.
The Entres saltos is a longer section that consists of three parts the upper, cinco tazas, and the garganta del diablo canyon. the first section is class 3-5 with possible portages for the less experienced boater
Then comes the cinco tazas. This section is a set of waterfalls, easier than the sieta tazas, but offers a fighting chnce to be more pristine than its sister section , the siete tazas.
Lastly, the most notorious section the garganta del diable begins with a 15 foot slide that banks 180 degrees off a wall and into a 25 foot free fall. Its stout but fully epic. This drop leads into a committed canyon with a 20 meter slide and a few other sick drops.
