With a land­mass of on­ly 5,131 km², Trinidad & To­ba­go does not pos­sess gi­gan­tic wa­ter­falls like An­gel Falls, Venezuela; Tres Her­manas Falls, Pe­ru or Olo'up­e­na Falls in Hawaii. But while those three are the tallest drops of wa­ter and are among the world's pic­turesque sites, they are dan­ger­ous to take on for a bit of leisure.

For in­stance, the wa­ter at An­gel Falls takes a plunge of 3,212 ft, while Mara­cas Wa­ter­fall in St Joseph, Trinidad, the tallest in the coun­try, is just 298 ft. But while our heights can­not com­pare to the world's mega falls, we here in T&T and those who vis­it our shores can rev­el in the many mas­sag­ing and beau­ti­ful wa­ter drops, bathe in the basins and take easy treks up their rivers.

Last Sun­day, teams of hik­ers took the ex­pe­di­tion to the unique Zor­ro Wa­ter­fall in Las Cuevas. Chil­dren and the el­der­ly were among groups walk­ing the 15-30 minute, most­ly riv­er trail that be­gins at the end of Zor­ro Trace.

Hikers do a bit of rock climbing.

Kevon Felmine

For the most part, the wa­ter reach­es you un­der your knees, but there are some gor­geous gorges which tend to have at least five to eight feet of wa­ter. Life jack­ets come in handy, but you can use a bit of mus­cle and climb over the rocks where there are ropes to guide you.

Af­ter that mild­ly chal­leng­ing part, you come to Zor­ro Wa­ter­fall: a small but eye-catch­ing wa­ter drop and not too deep basin. You can climb up the wa­ter­fall and see a ma­jes­tic cas­cad­ing wa­ter­fall be­hind. A good tip for hik­ers is to in­vest in wa­ter shoes. These range from around $100 and up and pro­vide a bet­ter grip on slip­pery rocks you will en­counter here. They will al­so dry quick­ly, so there will be no squishi­ness like wear­ing a wet pair of sneak­ers.

But with too many peo­ple crowd­ing the small basin, our group of ad­ven­ture seek­ers made an ex­tra hour-long jour­ney to reach Trinidad's own An­gel Wa­ter­fall.

Heading down to pool two at Angel Waterfall.

Kevon Felmine

It re­quires you to walk down the riv­er for about five to ten min­utes, and you will see the coloured mark­ers on the right-hand side, just be­fore a fall­en tree, sig­nalling the start of a new jour­ney. As the team of ex­pe­ri­enced and new­com­ers be­gan this trail, quads, ham­strings, glutes, and calves were un­der strain. We used the method of hav­ing a scout ahead of the team to en­sure a clear pas­sage and a sweep­er, so no one gets left be­hind.

Kevon Felmine taking a rest after the hour-long trek to Angel Waterfall.

The pro­tein and choco­late bars came in handy as get­ting to An­gel Wa­ter­fall re­quires you to walk most­ly up hilly ter­rain. It is beau­ti­ful through this trail: cool breeze, a va­ri­ety of flow­ers, the view of the riv­er, and the many mi­ni wa­ter­falls are treats.

It gets a bit chal­leng­ing as you get clos­er as there are some nar­row path­ways with wires to hold. But once you get to An­gel Wa­ter­fall, you will re­alise that it is worth it. When sun­light hits the crest, it cre­ates mes­meris­ing scat­tered rays. The wa­ter drops on rocks where bathers sat un­der for wet mas­sage. It then flows in­to a mi­ni pool, per­fect for swim­mers and non-swim­mers, be­fore flow­ing down­hill to a deep­er pool, ac­ces­si­ble by light rap­pelling.

Af­ter recharg­ing in the cool­ing, clean and clear wa­ters, the trip back might be tricky as you are head­ing down­hill, faster but eas­i­er.

If you have not been to Zor­ro or An­gel, the time is now.