Gocta waterfalls

The 771m Gocta falls were only “discovered” in 2005. They are in 2 parts, the top fall of 231m and the bottom one 540m. The waterfall is now well and truly on the tourist trail.

We pedal up the hairpin bends to the village of Cocachimba where the trail to the lower falls begins. Its a 6km walk each way and rather more up and down that we had anticipated. Its worth the effort - over 500m of falling water is really very impressive. The landing water creates beautiful changing patterns on the black rocks below.

Along the footpath we see many birds we don’t recognize. There are vultures and a large flock of noisy wheeling parakeets. Also beautifully coloured butterflies and delicate damselflies. I didn’t see the mosquitos, but some of them found me tasty. The cloud forest is lush with ferns and flowers.

Cocachimba is a quiet tiny village with a great view of the mountains and waterfall. As Alice is struggling with a cold and chest infection we decide to spend a quiet day here.Read more