About Cascadas del Rio Gandara
The Cascadas del Rio Gandara (or more accurately Cascadas del Río Gándara with the accents) was supposed to be a long cascade viewable from a pair of overhanging observation decks that could induce a sense of vertigo. As you can see from the photos on this page, the falls was barely visible (if at all) though there were certainly sounds of rushing water coming from down below even though I was high up on the overhanging platform. The lady at the Centro de Interpretación Los Collados del Asón had told me that this falls didn’t have much water this late into the year, and that they would typically run in the Winter or early Spring, where there’s a higher likelihood of heavy rains. Of course, it could’ve also been a pretty dry year in this part of the land even though we visited on a day when there was a storm the day before.
As for the visit itself, it was pretty straightforward once we found the car park or pullout (see directions below). From there, we followed a pretty flat sidewalk leading right up to the overhanging platforms. There were views to be had all around both during the walk and from the observation decks. However, there was little reason to linger much longer given the state the falls was in. It also didn’t seem obvious to get access to the falls for a closer look though admittedly, we didn’t try that hard for alternate routes. So it was pretty much a nearly drive-to waterfalling excursion (unless one decided to walk the unpaved road from the Centro de Interpretación to the mirador).
Something that I noticed concerning the nomenclature of this waterfall that I found to be confusing was that I noticed that both genders el and la were applied to the name of this waterfall. So, in addition to how we’re referring to the falls, we’ve also seen it referred to as Cascadas del Gándara, Cascada de la Gándara, or Cascada La Gándara. I think part of this confusion had to do with the fact that the town nearest to the falls was called La Gándara. So perhaps when they’re referring to the masculine form, they really mean el Río Gándara, which was how we addressed the falls on this page. When they use the feminine form, they’re probably referring to the town’s name.
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