After passing the arid mountains of Tolimán and Peñamiller, the semi-desert of Querétaro, the landscape turns green and the tops of the coniferous trees give this part of the Sierra Gorda a cushiony feeling. The unmistakable Puerta del Cielo welcomes you to a region full of nature and culture.
Taking the road is a pleasure, especially if the journey is already an experience in itself. A phrase attributed to Henry Miller suggests that destiny is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. Diving into the imposing Sierra Gorda is not only a painting taken from the final scene of My Masterpiece -when Arturo and the painter Renzo drink and reflect on death, in the hills of Tucumán, while admiring the landscape-, it is to enter a biodiverse world and cultural imprint.
Pinal de Amoles is the gateway to a melting pot of natural wonders, where you will need little more than time and a camera to capture landscapes, moments and memories. The Puerta del Cielo, a welcome place to the Sierra Gorda, bears that name because it resembles a portal formed by two immense mountains that give way to a narrow road where the sunlight opens a gap that gives flight to the imagination, why not : the possible entrance to paradise must be like this.
Cuatro Palos viewpoint, a view of the immensity
12 kilometers from the Municipal Head of Pinal, you have one of the most spectacular views in the entire state of Querétaro at the Cuatro Palos Viewpoint, a site to camp and observe the Sierra Gorda de Querétaro from the top. If Puerta del Cielo is the entrance to paradise, Cuatro Palos is the room. Arriving at dawn, when the sun rises over the sea of mist, is a memory that you will never forget again.
From the Cuatro Palos viewpoint you will go down hungry, in Pinal de Amoles everything is an experience, from being yourself with nature, to eating. Be part of the Ruta del Sabor and start your culinary journey in the Cabaña, a gordita of pressed pork rinds, a mushroom quesadilla and a good pot coffee are the necessary gasoline for our next destination.
A collection of natural wonders
Take the wheel and move now to 23 kilometers from the municipal seat, where the Chuveje Waterfall awaits you with a warm and humid climate, witness its 30-meter fall after a 15-minute walk between the path to the river bank.
Gautier said that the pleasure of traveling consists of obstacles, fatigue, and even danger. If you are looking for destinations with a higher degree of difficulty, Pinal de Amoles also has them. The Infiernillo Canyon, embedded in the Sierra Gorda, is a spectacular site that in order to be traveled, one must advance between a space of narrow rocky walls, more than 100 meters high. Practice rappelling in its waterfall or jump from 15 meters towards its pool.
Peace or adventure, you choose
In the depths of Bucareli, next to the crossing of the Extoraz river and the El Plátano stream, is the Bucareli Extremo camp, a circuit of zip lines, high altitude games and cabins, but if your thing is hiking, the view of the Bridge de Dios is the ideal plan, since you will walk among beautiful landscapes, which captivate by their vivid green and the crystalline blue of their crystalline waters. The bridge sculpted by nature frames the end of the route where a waterfall forms between stones.
It is important that to get to know Pinal de Amoles in depth you consider several days of travel, the high altitudes of the Sierra Gorda are another point to take into account; However, these characteristics generate microclimates that contribute to the frames that you will be able to capture, where geography and human time come together in poetic, lyrical and unforgettable landscapes.
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