Pozo de los Humos

About this spectacle

Pozo de los Humos — 'the well of smokes' — is a dramatic waterfall in the Arribes del Duero Natural Park on the Spanish-Portuguese border, where the River Uces plunges into a narrow basalt gorge. The free-falling water crashes against dark volcanic rock, generating a perpetual mist that rises like smoke and often catches the light in delicate rainbows. The gorge walls are sheer and ancient, draped in mosses and ferns fed by the constant spray. Visitors peer down from cliff-edge viewpoints into a chasm that seems to swallow sound before returning it as a low roar. In late winter and spring, snowmelt swells the river to its most thunderous volume. The surrounding oak and cork scrub landscape gives way abruptly to the gorge edge, making the reveal sudden and arresting. The mist cloud can be seen from a distance across the rolling meseta.

When to go

Jan — Dec, peak Feb — May

Getting there

Nearest airport: SLM. Nearest city: Salamanca.

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