Hierve el agua literally "the water boils" is a set of natural rock formations in the Mexican state of Oaxaca that resemble cascades of water. The site is located about 70 km east of Oaxaca city, past Mitla.
How to get there?
Most of the people start in the city of Oaxaca City. If you want there are meany tours leaving there to take you to Hierve el Agua. Most of the time they are rather expensive and you only spend about one hour really at the site. The rest of the day they take you to shops, a mezcal 'factory' and so on. If you like this way of getting around feel free to do so. If you are more like us and you like to do it on your own and more in a budget way of mind here the plan. First you take the bus to Mitla. You can find them at the second-class bus station (Terminal de Autobuses de Segunda Clase) and this is located eight blocks west of the Zócalo and across from the Mercade de Abastos. You will pay 20 MXN per person to take you to Mitla and takes about 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
When you arrived in Mitla you can choose to explore the city first or you just go straight through to Hierve el Agua. You will need to take either a cab or the cheaper option, a camioneta. This last option will cost you 50 MXN per person. The ride takes about 40 minutes and uses the non-concreted roads in the mountains. You can recognize them very easily since they immediately yell at you from the moment that you've left the bus.
Once you are at the entrance of Hierve el Agua you have to pay an entrance fee of 25 MXN per person to be able to see the site. But believe me it's worth every minute of getting here and every penny.
Hierve el Agua
Ones you've entered the parking lot, you take the lane down to the first point: the infinity pools and first "waterfall". When we were there, one was completely empty because they were cleaning it. But the other one was still spectacular.
There is a little walking trail behind the two infinity pools where you can make a hike to the second "waterfall". Normally you can only enter with a guide just in case you get lost, but if you don't do the entire trail, it's not a problem.
I could write more about every stone that you can find there and every trickle of water, but I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.
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