More than 400 hand fitted stone steps lead straight up the slopes of Cerro Pipiapan, one of the volcanic
remnants on the north end of Laguna Catemaco.
The steps were constructed for maintenance of a communication transmission tower. Remnant jungle foliage
closes in on each step and in the early morning hours hundreds of rare birds chirp over the loud slither of
various snakes and other creeping crawlers.
Locals claim it has been 5 months since they last saw the cub of one of the few remaining pairs of Catemaco
tigres in the area.
The view on top is fantastic. Both Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan bare their distant hearts to the
intrepid observer.
Unfortunately that is only true for the intrepid criminal jumping a fence, and climbing hand over hand a few
meters up the transmission tower. Otherwise, after those 400 steps, the cardiac athlete gets a headache
when realizing the tower platform is totally overgrown by impermeable bushes and has no view.
Access is via the highway from Catemaco to Sontecomapan, 1 or 2 miles after the turnoff to Coyame, take the
badly maintained dirt road marked RMO Pipiapan up the hills. The road leads the dead end of Vista Hermosa, on
the way glimpses of both Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan are possible.
Links:
Catemaco - off the beaten track
tuxtlas.com - Village of Vista Hermosa
remnants on the north end of Laguna Catemaco.
The steps were constructed for maintenance of a communication transmission tower. Remnant jungle foliage
closes in on each step and in the early morning hours hundreds of rare birds chirp over the loud slither of
various snakes and other creeping crawlers.
Locals claim it has been 5 months since they last saw the cub of one of the few remaining pairs of Catemaco
tigres in the area.
The view on top is fantastic. Both Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan bare their distant hearts to the
intrepid observer.
Unfortunately that is only true for the intrepid criminal jumping a fence, and climbing hand over hand a few
meters up the transmission tower. Otherwise, after those 400 steps, the cardiac athlete gets a headache
when realizing the tower platform is totally overgrown by impermeable bushes and has no view.
Access is via the highway from Catemaco to Sontecomapan, 1 or 2 miles after the turnoff to Coyame, take the
badly maintained dirt road marked RMO Pipiapan up the hills. The road leads the dead end of Vista Hermosa, on
the way glimpses of both Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan are possible.
Links:
Catemaco - off the beaten track
tuxtlas.com - Village of Vista Hermosa
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