Tamil waterfall

View of the waterfall from below

The Tamul waterfall is a waterfall in Mexico, the largest waterfall in the state of San Luis Potosí, at the top of the Santa María river canyon, 300 m deep. The Tamul waterfall is 105 meters high. It is located north of the municipality of Aquismón, approximately 45 minutes from Ciudad Valles.

It is born from the flow of the Gallinas river, which ends up draining falling on the bed of the Santa María river. The river that feeds it changes its name to the Tampaón River, just after downstream from the waterfall; all this located to the west of Aquismón, in the region known as Huasteca. The waterfall is accessed by the San Luis Potosí highway, to later take a detour in the town of El Sauz to the ejido La morena, where they have an official jetty, parking area, and camping places where they can hire their boatman on which provides your safety equipment for your trip. The boat ride lasts more than an hour, during which you can see the landscape across the river. It is possible to rappel, among other activities. As well as swimming in an impressive cave of crystal clear water more than 45 m deep and absorbing tranquility and beauty.

It is formed with the fall of the waters of the Gallinas river, which is integrated by others that are born in the municipality of Tamasopo, San Luis Potosí. In the 1960s, the locals called the waterfall "La Sonadora" for the thunderousness of its fall in times of rain. The Santa María river divides Tamasopo and Aquismón in a N-S direction and the Gallinas river in the E-W; ethnically, it is also the border between teeneks (huastecos) and pames (Xi'oi, which is pronounced Shihuí or Chihui and not Choy or Xoiu as it appears in many writings).

Tamúl is located in a region where waterfalls are abundant: within a radius of 100 km there are, in the municipality of Rayón, La Llovinosa and Los Chorros; in El Naranjo, the Salto de Tanloquen, El Meco and Minas Viejas; in Xilitla, Las Pozas in the surreal garden of Edward James; in Ciudad Valles, Micos and in Tamasopo, the waterfalls of Tamasopo Viejo, Puente de Dios, El Paraíso, California, El Aguacate, Las Cascaditas and three unexplored waterfalls, of significant height, on the San Nicolás de los Montes river, a tributary of the Gallinas. In addition to these, there are innumerable places and underground rivers and the last wetland in San Luis Potosí, the Ciénaga de Tampasquín in Tamasopo, known as Ciénega de Cabezas.