MEXICO'S BEST KEPT SECRET? - HUASTECA POTOSINA ! 😱 (Mexico Travel Vlog)

Introducing Huasteca Potosina.. the jungle region of San Luis Potosi, located 7 hours north of Mexico City ! In this travel vlog, Adriana and I take you to the Cascadas de Tamul (Tamul Waterfalls) . We explore the turquoise blue waters by canoe, and capture some incredible sights and sounds. Find out why Huasteca Potosina is perhaps Mexico's best kept secret ! Subscribe to keep up with all of our adventures from Mexico from the eyes of a gringo.
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[@HereBeBarr]

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[@ferminadaza9418]

I did it the last March it was so incrédible , I can't waith to come back.

[@melaniet7590]

Here Be Barr yes I live there

[@ShellyBean-oy9nk]

How far is this from Mexico City?

[@ShellyBean-oy9nk]

How far is this from Mexico City?

[@adolfoalmazan4675]

Here Be Barr 👌 saludos. form mo

[@j.onofre6613]

Viva mi México entero y el estado de San Luis.... que envidia de verdad... espero visitar estos lugares tan bonitos...👍

[@momelendez9691]

I used to live in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí (The gateway of the Huasteca) as a kid and I always went to the rivers and waterfalls for weekends or holidays. I miss it a lot and gives me a lot of nostalgia. Can’t wait to go back and visit my family and go there again one day.

[@HereBeBarr]

I just spent New Years there lol.

[@momelendez9691]

Here Be Barr Oh wow, that’s very cool. My mom’s side of the family lives there and they said it was cool. I still remember living there when I was like 4 to 8 years old

[@MickAngelhere]

Wow that was and is amazing such beautiful colour of the water

[@HereBeBarr]

It sure was.

[@TheTravelingClatt]

WHOOO finally loaded the video and OMG this place is on my bucket list!

[@HereBeBarr]

It needs to be!

[@mariafloreano9776]

You're very welcome 😊😊

[@journalofnomads]

Oh going on that river looked so peaceful, what a gorgeous place!Love the beautiful turquoise color of the water! Will you guys go to Xilitla or puente de dios? This is easily the best part of Mexico! Loving your Mexico vlogs man!

[@HereBeBarr]

About to publish a vlog about Edward James Castillo !! Puente de Dios on the next adventure here, i'm sure i'll be back !!

[@mexicana4933]

Hermoso!!! Mi S.L.P. Mexico 🇲🇽✌🏻

[@RealCindyAparicio]

You’ve convinced me to go to San Luis! What a gorgeous place! So jealous!

[@HereBeBarr]

Merida to CDMX to SLP.. 2 hours of flying ;)

[@fernandavillanueva6732]

Yo have to visit camecuaro is a beautiful place with water like that 💚

[@esmekmgh323]

As a nature lover iv never seen something so beautiful and breathtaking as this one

[@carlos23mex]

I feel ashamed, I'm from Mexico and I haven't visit this beauty yet. I'm impressed with the no motor canoes rule. You should visit Zihuatanejo.

[@juelz5821]

You should go when you are older huasteca potosina is amazing

[@gifted6305]

I’ve been here and this place is Bomb, love it every time around, good to see you guys are having a Blast 👍🏽👍🏽

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

OH MAN!! We're actually going there tomorrow! We called today and were informed that we can come without a tour, just by ourselves, for 800 pesos both of us haha :) It looks divinely beautiful! I see you filmed with the waterproof bag then? ;-) So you had no problem with that? No problem with your g7x? The woman on the phone told me the bag that they sell is made for cellphones, is that the one you used and as you told me it fit just right? GREAT video Jon! :) Adriana is so lucky to have grown up in that area... The nature is breathtaking.

[@HereBeBarr]

Yeah, it SHOULD fit in with no housing on it.. If you force it.. It's not to crazy unless the other boats come by and start splashing you.. so be aware of that.. but otherwise, your camera will LOVE it hahaha. Feliz Ano Nuevo !!

[@juelz5821]

@@HereBeBarr my family is from there we go each year. This year we went to xilitla

[@jesuszapata4453]

Soy de san luis potosi ☺✌

[@enriquefantasma3333]

yo ya visite las cascada de tamul, puente de dios, xilitla, jardin subrealista , tamasopo, ciudad valles es hermoso muy recomendable soy del estado de coahuila.

[@momelendez9691]

Yo viví en Ciudad Valles cuando era pequeño😔 Como extraño ahí😢

[@pabloramos4920]

incredible water color. San luis potosi nice place

[@johnedwardjones999]

WOW..Never knew this place existed. Add to my list. Love to canoe in stunningly beautiful areas. Muchas gracias.

[@samuelhernandez9267]

Great video man 👍🏻👍🏻I have to visit this place some time on my next trip

[@maricela.ag1]

You should also visit la Sierra Gorda, which extends from part of Queretaro, Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosi. I love the fact that you're sharing the experiences you're having in our beautiful Mexico. Also, showing others the beautiful nature that has been hidden from those whom look for such exciting experiences.

[@carlosuquillas9029]

Beautiful water.

[@pablovidales8489]

I miss my home town,great place

[@pablovidales8489]

Mi huasteca querida

[@IngenieroLeonardoRazo]

i love the Huasteca!!! Yo soy de San Luis Potosi :D

[@cinthiahernandez5957]

I know Huasteca Potosina because my mom is from there so we go to visit my family each december, other place that you have to visit in Mexico is Calakmul. Calakmul is such an amazing jungle too, also an archeological maya place and it's in Campeche. There has an unbeliable view at the top of pyramids 😍😍

[@DaveOnArrival]

Looks awesome. Would love to go there

[@HereBeBarr]

Almost as nice as the Phillipines!

[@NateMeetsWorld]

Great stuff! You should have jumped in the water floated with the current on the way back! It was a ton of fun!

[@HereBeBarr]

Nate, ha ha.. i thought about it.. one guy in our boat did it, but i was so comfortable just canoeing lol. Feliz Ano Nuevo !

[@Chris-bf1ux]

Here Be Barr I know you didn’t do it on purpose but in the last sentence you wrote “Happy New Anus” hehe 😆

[@HereBeBarr]

JAJAJAJ i just learned something new.. gracias, i'll leave it up for others to learn to ;)

[@Chris-bf1ux]

Here Be Barr yeah all it needed was the “ñ” instead of “n” in Año. Everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect.

[@DennisLovelady]

I'll have to remember that place. Looked like great fun! Well, except that temperatures here are well below freezing, so I got an extra blanket for that water fight! Brrrrr! 😁 Good job of bringing in 2018!

[@HereBeBarr]

Lol !

[@charlyhernandez6671]

Gracias por mostrar las partes hermosas de este país

[@nataligajadhar1531]

All I can say is 'WOW'

[@bulldog7622]

Hi Adriana and Jon . Thank you for sharing your videos . Adriana is very beautiful . She has a great smile and seems really sweet . You make a nice couple . I have always been attracted to Mexican Women and Native American Women . Keep enjoying life and all the adventures that it has to offer .

[@johnmoran7434]

John great video. The place and falls looked amazing. I apologize but I have to rub it in a little, I just saw another video on the same locations with some aerial shots, how is the drone. When will we see the destruction video (again I apologize but the aerial views were pretty amazing, maybe it is a reason to go back when you have your drone up again, if they will let you use a drone there).

[@HereBeBarr]

😂😂😂 drones done .. I'm getting a replacement on January 8 in Puerto Vallarta !! I keep procrastinating the crash video bc I've been editing other stuff . I was hoping to make a resurrection video but to many defects on it . I'll bring it back to nyc and maybe sell repair it in march

[@oliviaortiz5157]

Bags are packed are almost ready 😄😁 to go!!!

[@rosalespainting8136]

What month did you go ? Cuales son los mejores meses para ir? In other videos the water looks murky . En otros videos elnagua se ve un poco lodosa.

[@henryc1000]

That has got to be great having a guide that is so familiar with the area😎

[@HereBeBarr]

Yeah, her dad grew up here so we were very fortunate !

[@Sand.0101]

God Has given humanity all these beautiful nature in different parts of the world.

[@luyzqint3760]

Feliz New year, to both of you ✌️

[@HereBeBarr]

U 2 !!

[@jaimegarza8826]

Great job, even we mexicans can get some useful information from your vlogs. I really didn't know the Huasteca Potosina was that beautiful. Thanks for showcasing the better parts of this country, it's is so damn frustrating when we go visit other countries and the first thing someone asks once they realize you're mexican is about el Chapo or some other narco.

[@sandyschaffer3344]

Loved this video. How beatiful all the water falls. The food looked fantastic. My husband and I went to Mexico. Cancunmexico for our honeymoon and we went to this place that had a big crater in the ground and they said their was no end. Do you know this place.? Or what it is called. I forget it's been so long. Well wishing you a happy new year. Best wishes from Bethlehem pa

[@HereBeBarr]

I don't know the name of the place ! We went to a similar type of hole in Huasteca but I didn't vlog it. Have a happy new year to.

[@thefebi8457]

About those "craters" actually are called: cenotes and there are many in the whole Yucatan peninsula, probably you just saw one of them, near Cancun specifically between Playa del Carmen and Tulum in that part of the route you can visit thousands of them in a very small area, are incredible!

[@levillechamp]

No es cráter sino un abismo llamado Sótano de las Golondrinas en ese mismo municipio. Es una caverna vertical con entrada de 60 m. de diámetro, 500 m. de profundidad y un fondo mucho más amplio que la entrada Es un refugio para las aves que ahí están a salvo de los depredadores. Es muy visitado y hay quienes van para efectuar el descenso. Pero tal vez esto no sea bueno para la ecología del Sótano pues los ornitólogos han observado una disminución de las aves debido quizá al aumento de visitantes. Es reserva de la biósfera y ojalá se establezcan protocolos para regular las visitas al lugar mientras se determina si la actividad turística es dañina o no para ese hábitat.

[@astrychavirav-logs6443]

amazing place!!! My in laws are actually from TAMASOPO, San Luis Potosi 30 minutes from Huasteca Potosina, Also to die for!!!

[@carolinachaires5105]

Actually I went to Aquismon for a natural medicine with my family but no one told us about your tour before, we were in town and we saw rivers but the tiny ones, nothing like this, I should told them for to go again and enjoy that ride across the river.

[@HereBeBarr]

Great idea :0

[@joseywales2605]

Now thats a real water park, no fake boulders no fake trees, nicee... Real nice.

[@angelherrera4185]

really nice video thanks i love nature

[@tiestoXIV]

Great odesza background music!!

[@j.j.padron1209]

Very very nice!! My state of slp👍

[@maricelacastro3574]

Guauuuu un paraiso

[@maricelacastro3574]

Hermoso

[@halphyornellas2930]

I met a place in middle of desert very hot but with a cascade, water very cold it's amazing, near of Aguascalientes state in the borderline with Jalisco state. There are a similar place but termal water in Hidalgo, grutas de Tolantongo near of Mexico city.

[@Axel-gs6yw]

Soy de slp y nunca he estado en la Husteca, Shame on me. Te recomiendo que pases por el Castillo de EDUARD JAMES en XILITLA ese lugar esta que te mueres.

[@HereBeBarr]

En el proximo video ;)

[@mariposaaxy1602]

if your traveling alone is this a doable activity or do u have to come with a group?

[@L.Spencer]

Whereabouts is Adriana from? We lived in Ciudad Mante for a few years, and Adriana reminds me of a friend I have from Cd. Victoria. My friend learned and speaks English very well and married a "gringo". We've been to the Huasteca, stayed at the Coy. But our car broke down, I think in Tamasopo; we didn't see much. But it was beautiful. I went to Xilitla many years before, too.

[@HereBeBarr]

She’s from San Luis Potosi

[@maricelacastro3574]

Los felicitó lindo video

[@oliviagomez815]

Exquisite!

[@Omar-wb8bg]

I live in Tamasopo, you're welcome here when you want!

[@alejandrorauda6027]

Just beautiful!!

[@enriquegutierrez9988]

I was there 3 months ago, it was beautiful and very cheap.

[@judesantillan]

nice man thx for sharing

[@comotunose4463]

Dammmn that a beautiful place

[@oskarblonde1]

Mi hermosa y sagrada huasteca. Nosotros los huastecos no nos identificamos con el estado de San Luis, nosotros somos solo huastecos pues la zona culturalmente hablando no tiene ninguna conexion con el resto del estado. Las Huastecas estamos divididas por los estados pero compartimos una cultura en comun. La huasteca (potosina) es de las mas hermosas de todas las Huastecas. Mi familia no es de aqui si no de rio verde pero nací y crecí aqui y esta es mi nación a pesar de que no soy tenek amo todas las huastecas.

[@milk.and.honeyb8829]

Happy new year, or whenever it happens for ya

[@reyesvalle1060]

Can someone explain this to me, i want to go with my cousins from san miguel de allende, is it a group tour? Or what

[@TheGukumatz]

Hi, Nice Video, I have a question, Is there some kind of Crocodiles? Just curiosity.

[@HereBeBarr]

I didn't see any !

[@edgars8947]

rebaño sagrado 7u7 of course there are, but not in the common turistic places, you can see them in the middle of the city in Río Valles

[@michsingh9342]

I didn't read other comments yet but we have a cruise in 2020...🤣🤣🤣 I know I'm crazy but I want to get the best experience I can since we can only travel once a year if we are lucky due to our jobs😭 is this something I can book from a cruise ship...is it close enough to port....we are porting in cozumel and Yucatan 👍 please let me know...this looks like a must for me!!

[@ricardopena3862]

During what month was this. I want to visit and swim there but would like for it to be less crowded

[@HereBeBarr]

Around christmas

[@ricardopena3862]

Here Be Barr Wow really, even in the winter it's good to go for a swim in there

[@davidaguilar8055]

I recommend you to visit Manantial Media Luna in Rioverde, SLP.

[@HereBeBarr]

I went last year, it's really nice !

[@8Jallin]

I'm fishing over there this year.

[@theinfamous1232]

This place looks dope

[@torresfamilyadventures215]

Just curious, are babies allowed in the canoe tours?

[@HereBeBarr]

No clue.. I didn't see any, but that doesn't mean they aren't.

[@lion7cfgm956]

I'm for Mexico and I never heard of that beautiful place , 😆 that's bad jajaja

[@HereBeBarr]

Jajaj

[@CC-to3qi]

Lion7CF gm mucha gente de Mexico es ignorante de su propio pais

[@gioslife8787]

Beautiful

[@alejandrolopez3923]

😊 I was born in San Luis potosi too

[@smartrepaire5967]

Is a paradaise in mexico. Thanks for the video i will go soon. And to bad for the. 8 people put in down on these video you guys are just gellous of these nice people

[@esauguerrerom]

Hey bro, how much it costs get in there and the rent of the boat?

[@HereBeBarr]

200 per person !

[@esauguerrerom]

Here Be Barr Dankeschön

[@michsingh9342]

200 dollars or pecos? Just was not sure I thought he said pecos

[@michsingh9342]

200 Mexican Peso equals 10.622 US Dollar BIG difference!!

[@blakebarton9708]

beautiful water #teamadriana

[@HereBeBarr]

Feliz Ano Nuevo. nos vemos in PV !

[@blakebarton9708]

no hablo mexicano

[@elizabethfgmz]

You really need to go to Cabo San Lucas and La Paz in Baja California Sur.

[@agustinorduno1326]

The reason why it does not so much attention is because the state does not want another cancun or vallarta. As A MEXICAN I LIKE IT THAT way. Too nany tourists would need more hotels and tradh going into the water

[@melaniet7590]

Omg I LIVE THIER

[@espanagi]

Adriana s absolutely gorgeous, you're a lucky guy John.

[@alejandrohuerta6458]

Man you live the life

[@lalonunez7699]

I born en la huasteca. 😀😀😀

[@boxinchito]

You mean the "cascadas de Tamuin y Tamasopo". They are the best places to go and have fun. BUT............ I still feel like la sierras are better. I'm going to go gold hunting next year 2022

[@lifeisforadv]

Damn that is blue :D

[@HereBeBarr]

Hahah yep, crazy.

[@gatita804]

There are many more gorgeous waterfalls in huasteca.

[@nat.serrano]

That is actually the best kept mexican secret. I rate this #1 over riviera Maya

[@melaniet7590]

My FAMILY LIVES THERE

[@fuseofpower]

Melanie Trevino how hot is it around the falls? I see they have like cabins to stay in around there.

[@melaniet7590]

C Licea depending on time of day or season but I would say that it is quite hot in the afternoons but from the times I’ve been visiting it’s always different warm-hot-cold

[@italivyarguelles2455]

God I miss San Luis Potosí theres so many other places you should go to Cascada Micos Edward James Castle Huichihuyan Castillo de Beto Ramón

[@OfficialMojix]

There are some nice places in mexico!

[@HereBeBarr]

Sure are:)

[@nattaliee4]

Hello! I am booking a trip to Mexico and I am trying to figure out how to get to this beautiful place! Can someone help (Flying from Cancun aiport) :):):)

[@HereBeBarr]

Fly to Tampico or San Luis Potosi and DRIVE to Valles.. Valles is a decent base to see most of Huasteca Potosina, of course you could stay right in the jungle as well.

[@Rubenjr005]

I would love to visit that area but to be honest I’m worried about the violence in Mexico

[@anahiponce6882]

30 min away from my house🙈🙈

[@ranterredhead5005]

Is the water cold?

[@mago7290]

Great vid 👍🏻 can you give me some advice to get as good as you?? I just started my channel

[@HereBeBarr]

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[@HereBeBarr]

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[@antoniocovarrubias7831]

We have a lot of beautiful things in Mexico, especially our people and culture, all we need is a good goverment, by the people and for the people, the very few that govern my homeland, are corrupted politicians who don't deserve to be Mexicas. The working class, are poor because they are exploited by the chain of corruption, however the hard working Mexicans are the ones that make Mexico great all along it's well rooted culture of my people!!!

[@willtabacchi1408]

Please in your videos show your viewers a simple map that tells what part of the country you are in.

[@oscarlarraga2217]

También quieren invadir ahí

[@jacobolopez7007]

Mi estado no lo invade nadie 😎

[@limbosvi6983]

They should ban taking video or pictures so that this place remains hidden and unadvertised to keep the swarms of people away.

[@tonytownsend4202]

N

[@memoglez814]

No mamen se parece a tobey es como ver al hombre araña en la huasteca que cagado

[@bryanangulo5610]

Who came here after tik tok

[@jesuscorona6066]

Es un Eden, mi hermoso San Luis Potosi

[@TylerDylan21]

How do you get here and what airport is close to there?