On our last full day in Trinidad we drove into Topes de Collantes National Park to see the well-known El Nicho waterfall up close. Next to the waterfall there are several natural bathing pools – so it was correspondingly full of locals and tourists.
The El Nicho waterfall
The waterfall itself, in the middle of the beautiful landscape, was really impressive. But the drive through the national park was fun too; we chugged leisurely back and forth to Trinidad. Topes de Collantes lies in the Escambray Mountains at almost 800 metres; the highest peak in the area, Pico San Juan, reaches 1,140 metres, and the moist winds from the Atlantic make the north side of the mountains especially green.
A Dalmatian guards the doorway – the last full day in Trinidad.A white horse and cart by the yellow wall on the left, a man in a hat on the cobbles in Trinidad on the right.The blue classic car stands in front of the mint-green house on the cobbles in Trinidad.A grey bull with a white face in front, cattle on the dry pasture behind.On the way into the national park: a car under the tree, a horse cart ahead of a classic car.A yellow rim and black steam lines: a coffee cup painted on the rough plaster.A large wooden wheel on the cart, with palms, red blossoms and a pale house behind.Epiphytes on the branch on the left, a fern frond against the light in the forest on the right.The El Nicho waterfall tumbles in tiers over mossy rocks – impressive in the middle of the landscape.Up close, the water of El Nicho spreads in wide veils over mossy rocks.Behind dark foliage, the El Nicho cascade runs over the mossy rock face.„Chrysler“ and two chrome tips on the left, the twin headlights on the green classic car on the right.In profile, the green-and-white classic car with a chrome strip on the sandy ground.Pale, slender trunks in the dense forest, with moss and plenty of undergrowth between them.The brown horse stands by the tree, next to the wooden hut with a tiled roof and large leaves.Tall palms stand on the hillside meadow, a round concrete ring in front.In black and white, a bowl of bananas in his hands and more bananas beside the man under the wooden roof.A rust-red truss bridge over the river and the green valley.Faded to pink and light blue, the classic car stands before a white flowering bush and a large tree.The „Pontiac“ lettering sits on the bonnet of the classic car, in black and white.Small boats on the lake shore on the left, the road climbing uphill through the forest on the right.In the middle of the forest road: a man, pale and dark cattle, and a dog.A small hut stands in the meadow between the large trees.In black and white: the fence across the pasture, the rock face on the left, wooded mountains behind.Colourful beehives by the winding road, palms standing on the wooded slope.Twice in black and white: the bend in the dark forest on the left, a slope of palms on the right.Palms, the wide valley of the Escambray mountains behind.Dense rainforest with palms, more wooded ridges stepping back behind them.Back in Trinidad: a man in a rocking chair behind the open door.
