Waterfall · xilitla · huasteca zone
Cascada Los Comales
Los Comales is Xilitla's refresh button: a wide, low curtain of warm, crystalline water stepping into a chain of shallow pools, twenty minutes' walk through garden paths dotted with sculptures. It is small and knows it — a compact park with bathrooms, palapas and picnic space where you can bring your own food and drinks (rare in the region), pay once, and stay the whole day. Locals treat it as the perfect cooldown after the Edward James garden, and weekday afternoons you can have the pools entirely to yourself. The caveat is hydrological: in dry months the falls thin to a ribbon, so time it after rains.
- Entry
- $5.3 USD (≈ MX$100)
- Best season
- November to April
- Arrive by car
- Yes
Weather at Cascada Los Comales
Forecast via Open-Meteo
22°CFog · wind 1 km/h
Wed
25° / 20°
💧 22%
Thu
27° / 20°
💧 71%
Fri
25° / 19°
💧 100%
Sat
22° / 19°
💧 78%
Sun
24° / 19°
💧 80%
Mon
20° / 17°
💧 73%
Tue
23° / 17°
💧 29%
Visitor info
Official status · updated Oct 29, 2026
- Hours
- 08:00–16:00
- Requirements
- Follow staff instructions
- Rappelling
- Temazcal (traditional sauna)
- Nature watching
Location & contact
Getting there without a car
A short drive from Xilitla center — combine it with your Las Pozas visit, as most visitors do. Without a car, a taxi from Xilitla plaza runs 10–15 minutes; agree on a return pickup since transport is scarce at the gate. The walk from the entrance to the falls is under 20 minutes on an easy path.
Full transport guide on huastecapotosina.org ↗What to bring
Swimsuit on, water shoes for the rocky pool bottoms, and a picnic — outside food and drinks are allowed, which makes this the region's easiest family lunch stop. Entry has run $75–100 MXN for unlimited time. Cash only.
Rainy season & safety
This is a falls where rain season (June–October) is the good season: several reviewers note the water narrows to a trickle in dry months and the park loses its magic. After rains the pools fill with the warm, clear water it is known for.
When to go, month by month on huastecapotosina.org ↗Good to know
- Go weekday afternoon like the locals: one reviewer had the whole place alone at 4 pm.
- Pair it with the sculpture garden the same morning — the classic Xilitla double.
- If the falls look thin on arrival, ask before paying; the flow genuinely varies week to week.
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