Few natural sites in Mexico boast the exquisitely pristine beauty of the country’s highest full-time waterfalls, Cascada de Basaseachi, where a plume of water tumbles 246m to pools below where you can swim. Basaseachi is 140km northwest of Creel and takes a full day to visit from there (including three hours to walk down to the falls and back). The waterfall is part of the homonymous national park, south of which is the old mining town of Maguarachi, where there are delightful hot springs .
Both sites are accessible via San Juanito, 35km north of Creel. To visit you’ll really need your own wheels or a tour with a Creel agency.
