Now you'll be getting to start of trail...
In the first part, the trail is very long and goes in zigzag; besides, there is relatively few transit and bad weed may bother you. Be careful, some plants are itchy.
Also, there are few shadowy places. About 20 minutes after bifurcation you'll find a mango tree providing the only good shadow in the area. Take a brief rest, if you like.
Half hour after high power tower the road stars to level and you'll see a pipe running shallow with terrain, with a 300° heading. A little after was taken the photo shown left, looking at Sabas Nieves trail from a higher point of view.
Ahead there is a water tank from where the picture at right was taken, showing Caracas landscape. From there the road is more shadowy, even quite dark.
Later, the water pipe lift from ground supported by concrete columns, like a railroad track.
You have to stay by the pipe until you get to a zone where it runs along a wall of polished rock. This area is dangerous, because it is a fall of several feet to the ravine, lying just below.
Use the pipe to help yourself, but be aware that there is a point at your right, on the wall, where and old fireman hose marks a detour. From there, the road leaves the pipe and gets more leveled.
You got there!. Cross the creek at left and, in the same direction, you'll see a plain area covered with gray sand. That could be a good camping zone, but beware: It is very close to ravine, and you must watch out for a possible flood.
Some 10 m (33 ft) away there is the biggest attraction of Toma de Quintero: A pond of about 2 m (7 ft) deep, preceded by a polished rock slide. Get to the slide top climbing the rock at left (slippery!), using another old fireman hose as help.
I hope you enjoy a lot and find the water not so cold!
There is another map for this second part of road. Click here to get it.
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