Henderson County is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern North Carolina, on the border with South Carolina. The Eastern Continental Divide, which lies along the crest of the Blue Ridge, passes through the county.
The Peak. Though the woods were nice, this is really a hike to El Toro peak â the highest point in the El Yunque National Forest. We had great views from the peak â mostly of the back of El Yunque, the north and east coasts, and the towns in the NE part of Puerto Rico ( Ceiba, Naguabo, Juncos, Las Piedras, &Humacao).
There are many undiscovered places in the region Baja Verapaz in Guatemala and hardly any guidebooks talk about the âSalto de ChilascÃ³â. Those who do talk â tell that it is the highest waterfall in the whole Central America. In fact even Thousand Foot Falls in Belize is for sure much taller but still 133 meters of water in Guatemala make an impression. Especially if getting there took a lot of our time, energy and sweat.