The Ultimate El Yunque National Forest Travel Guide | Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

In this travel guide, I help you plan your visit to El Yunque in Puerto Rico! We visit La Coca Falls, the Yokahú Tower, el Baño Grande, the Mt. Britton trail, and the peak of El Yunque.

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0:00 - Intro to El Yunque Rainforest in Puerto Rico
00:54 - Getting Tickets to El Yunque
1:50 - What to bring to El Yunque
2:52 - How to get to El Yunque
3:25 - La Coca Falls at El Yunque
3:51 - Yokahú Tower at El Yunque
4:51 - Juan Diego Falls at El Yunque
5:30 - La Mina Waterfall at El Yunque
5:58 - El Baño Grande at El Yunque
6:27 - Hiking Trails at El Yunque
6:40 - Mt. Britton Tower at El Yunque
7:26 - Reaching the Peak of El Yunque
8:27 - Bonus Tips for visiting El Yunque
9:34 - Outro to El Yunque Rainforest in Puerto Rico

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La Coca Falls: 18.318757, -65.771272
Yokahú Tower: 18.312450, -65.770423
Juan Diego Falls: 18.311919, -65.776969
Baño Grande: 18.301449, -65.785404
Mt. Britton Trailhead: 18.298603, -65.791194
Mt. Britton: 18.300873, -65.793123
El Yunque Peak: 18.310442, -65.791396
Puertorrican Bakery: 18.371042, -65.767776
Lluvia Deli Bar & Artefacto: 18.370748, -65.768387
Kioskos de Luquillo: 18.381247, -65.733162

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Join us on day two of our Puerto Rico Adventure Vlog as we explore El Yunque. We'll show you the best of what El Yunque has to offer, including a hike up the El Yunque Peak trail. We'll also take you to several different waterfalls, and along the way, we'll show you some of the amazing food and drinks that Puerto Rico has to offer as well.
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Timeline:
00:00 - #1 Intro
01:58 - #2 Beginning Our Hike to El Yunque Peak
02:53 - #3 A Puerto Rican Breakfast
04:13 - #4 Reserving a spot in El Yunque
07:20 - #5 Views from the Peak
10:26 - #6 Hiking to a Waterfall
14:06 - #7 A Tropical Retreat
16:55 - #8 An Authentic Puerto Rican Dinner

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EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST - 2023 [Travel Guide] | Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

This week we attempt to hike “El Yunque”, the highest peak within Puerto Rico. This [Travel Guide] will help you prepare and know what to expect in 2023.

At a distance of 30 miles from San Juan, a visit to El Yunque makes for a really fun day trip while visiting Puerto Rico.

The National Forest where El Yunke is located is HUGE, 29,000 acres of tropical forest and mountains. We honestly did not expect to find this little gem hidden only a 40 minute drive from Puerto Rico’s capital.
We took with us the New DJI Mini 2 and a GoPro Hero 9 and we got some amazing videos that we want to share with you.
The hike to the top is definitely long, close to three hours, but believe me it is well worth it. The view from the top is spectacular, you almost feel you can see the whole Island from up there.

Some tips:
In order to visit the forest you will need to book at least one day in advance through the USA national Parks website:

The price is super cheap, $2 per car. However, you must either own or rent a car to visit El Yunque. Taxis and Ubers are not allowed within the reserve and there is zero public transportation to and from San Juan.
If you want to experience the forest at its best we strongly encourage you to go first thing in the morning. The gates open at 8AM and we showed up at 7:45AM. We had to be up at 6:30 in the morning but it was totally worth it, we were the only people everywhere we went.
We had everything to ourselves, waterfalls and natural pools! People didn’t really start arriving until 11am and by that time we were already on our way down.

There are many trails available to hikers, we wanted to get the full experience so we opted for the longest one. It’s the El Yunque peak trail and it’s supposed to take 2 hours each way.
It rained heavily the night before our visit so the trails were a little muddy and it actually took us closer to 3 hours to the top, all in all about 5 hours for the full trip.

Make sure you take a picture of the TRAILS MAP at the entrance since you’re likely to lose cell signal once you start hiking and without a map it easy to get lost.
Also, make sure you bring enough water and food to last you for a few hours. There are a couple of vending machines near the entrance but outside of that, it’s just nature out there.

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PUERTO'S RICO'S YELLOWSTONE | Exploring El Yunque National Forest + Why Tickets Are Required ???? ????️ ????

El Yunque National Forest is Puerto Rico's premier hiking destination, a short, 45-minute drive from San Juan. The forest spans nearly 30,000 acres on the northeastern side of the island.

El Yunque receives around 200 inches of rain each year, on average. That precipitation feeds waterfalls throughout the forest, which is home to more than 1,000 plant species and animals like the coqui tree frog, Puerto Rican parrot, Puerto Rican boa, and Puerto Rican giant green lizard.

I enjoyed hiking to Mount Britton Tower and the El Yunque summit, plus the Angelito and Los Picachos Trails.

As of April 2023, El Yunque was limiting access to 300 vehicles per day to prevent overcrowding. And so, you had to make a reservation in advance on Recreation.gov. The cost was $2 per car, and it was non-refundable.

One way around the daily limit is to book with an authorized tour operator that uses special permits. Recreation.gov also releases a set number of tickets at 8 a.m. each morning, for the next day, to help people who did not plan ahead.

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BEST EXCURSION IN PUERTO RICO - El Yunque!

Puerto RIco is a beautiful island with tons of things to do. On our vacation we booked in our opinion, the best excursion the island has to offer. This is our experience at El Yunque! The only rainforest in the United States, lies on the eastside of the island. Our tour guide led us on a hike through the forest sharing with us the unique plants and trees along with fun facts about our national rainforest.

The main reason we booked this excursion was to experience the natural slides within the water falls. As we made our way into the forest, our guides took us to an open area full of fun! Along with the natural water slides, we were able to cliff jump and also swing from a rope into the refreshing water. The hike was not challenging and the tour guides make sure to help everyone get through to the end. Make sure to bring the right shoes for this excursion. You WILL be getting wet and stepping on plenty of rocks.

I recommend this excursion to anyone traveling to the wonderful island of Puerto Rico! You can not visit and miss out on El Yunque. I hope you enjoy this footage from our vacation. Please let me know what you think or if this video was helpful!

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Join us on day four of our Puerto Rico adventure as we take to the El Yunque National Forest for Puerto Rico's muddiest hike, the El Toro Trail. We'll show you why this El Yunque hike is one of the most polarizing in Puerto Rico, as it is either loved or hated by those who are brave enough to attempt it. Stay tuned to the end to see if we make it to the peak and if we think this hike is worth it.
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00:00 - #1 Intro
01:00 - #2 Another Awesome Bakery
03:40 - #3 The Hike Begins
04:52 - #4 When it Starts Getting Muddy
06:55 - #5 When it Starts Getting Muddier
09:36 - #6 What we Thought was the Peak
10:22 - #7 The Actual Peak
11:43 - #8 Hiking Back
13:22 - #9 A Much Deserved Dinner
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In this Puerto Rico travel guide, we share things to do in El Yunque rainforest, Rio Grande like -
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El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the national forest system. At nearly 29,000 acres, it is one of the smallest in size, yet one of the most biologically diverse.
Puerto Rico is a beautiful island with tons of things to do. This is our experience at El Yunque! The forest lies on the eastside of the island. We hiked through the forest and saw some unique plants and trees.
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EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST | Hiking Trails and Historical Sites

El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the Unites States and considered the largest public land in Puerto Rico. It has many hiking trails with easy to advanced difficulty ratings and several easily accessible historical sites.

Sharing some hiking trails and historical sites we visited.
1:10 Mt Britton Tower Trail
4:20 La Roca El Yunque Trail
6:11 Pico El Yunque Tower Trail
7:38 Baño Grande
7:56 Yokahu Tower
9:08 La Coca Waterfall
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El Yunque National Forest Travel Guide in Puerto Rico for outdoor & nature lovers

El Yunque National Forest is a tropical rainforest in northeastern Puerto Rico. From El Portal Visitor Center, a walkway winds through the surrounding treetops.

We visited El Yunque National Forest on our way to Fajardo which is a port/harbor in the East of the Main Island of Puerto Rico. There are two other islands Isla Vieques and Isla Culebra which have some of the most pristine beaches on this planet.

Keep watching on how we hiked in El Yunque and some of the majestic flora and fauna we came across throughout this island. As I mentioned I saw numerous trees that are found in India like Gulmohar (Flame of the Forest), Asoka Tree, Peepal Trees and so on. Culturally I felt the life of the people, the driving on the roads and warmth of the people was very similar to back home in India. Very friendly people and always helped me find vegetarian food without hassles.

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El Yunque National Rainforest 2023

Our little family decided to explore part of Puerto Rico. One of the days here we discovered the El Yunque National Rainforest.

El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System but it is also a sacred place in Puerto Rican culture. Many believe its name comes from the Taíno word Yuke, or white earth, a reference to the clouds that gather around the forest's mountainous peak; others believe it derives from Yúcahu, the Taíno deity of fertility. The park has a very diverse ecosystem, with hundreds of unique plant and animal species, including Puerto Rico's famous coquí frog.

Hope you enjoy this look into an amazing view of just part of what this place has to offer. We were sad to find out that about 1/2 the park is still closed due to the hurricane from 2019, but it was still a great visit.

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