Eyipantla Falls
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Eyipantla Falls is a waterfall located in the Los Tuxtlas region of southern Veracruz in Mexico.[1] It is forty meters wide and fifty meters tall and is the largest and most important waterfall in the region.[2][3]
It is located in the municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla in the south of Veracruz, Mexico, 10km from the city of San Andrés Tuxtla.[1][2] It is part of the Catemaco River, which drains Lake Catemaco towards the Gulf of Mexico .[1]
The name Eyipantla is from Nahuatl and means, “three streams of water.” According to legend, the rain god Tlaloc was said to reside here.[1] The water that falls is divided by rocks forming streams, especially in the drier seasons.[2]
It is a major tourist attraction, visited by over 500 people per day, with restaurants and souvenir stands crowding the entrance and parts of the waterfall area itself.[2][3] Visitors can view the falls from two perspectives, from below and from a platform at the top. The upper point also allows for views of the surrounding mountains and river. Access to the bottom involves descending 244 stairs.[4]
Two films have been shot here, Medicine Man with Sean Connery in the early 1990s and Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto in 2006.[3]
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