Matacanes had the longest starting hike (2 hours) and so required the earliest start (6:30 am).

My companions on the last day. Day 4, were John Hart and Karl Olsen. Together, we were kind of the over-the-hill gang, if we could find the hill. Many photos from this section are from John.

John and Karl hiking in on Day 4.

We hiked 50-year-old logging roads, much like the road up to Portrero Redondo.

Might as well get started... We arrived at the first waterfall and suited up. Local regulations require the wearing of life jackets by all participants. Given how much swimming and jumping we were doing, the life jacket was a really good thing. Matacanes is a popular sport-adventure guided trip, especially on weekends. For a modest fee, our hosts schlepped groups of 20 or so teenagers from Monterrey through the canyon. On both Saturday and Sunday, we hussled to get ahead of these large guided groups. The canyon starts out with a little jump or slide, then a 80 foot rappel next to a waterfall. Here's Rich jumping in - better than coffee!

Amy chose to take the slide...