Río Aguagua, Honduras (click here for the Honduras table of rivers)

river photo

Class: III+/IV-; Flow: 100-400 cfs; Average Gradient: 15 m/km; Portages: no; Length: 7.5 km; Time: 1 hour

Season: June to October; rafts? no; Highlights: not too many; Crux move: the narrows

Put-In: corn field (295 m); Take-Out: San Vicente Centenario road bridge (185 m)

Description: (click here for general notes about my descriptions)

The Río Aguagua offers a short III/III+ run in the Río Ulúa drainage. It is the most continuous in the first 10 minutes, in the middle of which is a narrow section that might be considered IV at (rare) higher water. The river crosses the road once on the way before re- encountering it at the TO.

A full description is in the Mayan Whitewater El Salvador, Honduras, & Nicaragua guidebook.

Descent History: I ran this in September 2016 with 150 cfs.