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Class: IV ; Flow: 200-500 cfs; Average Gradient: 17 m/km; Portages: wood?; Length: 11 km; Time: 1.5 hours
Season: June to October; rafts? no; Highlights: great creeking; Crux move: catching the water
Put-In: Quebrada Honda (335 m); Take-Out: Cacaulapa bridge (147 m)
Description: (click here for general notes about my descriptions)
The Río Cacaulapa is a fun continuous little creek in the lower Río Chamelecón drainage with easy mostly-roadside access. Catch it if you can.
A full description is in the Mayan Whitewater El Salvador, Honduras, & Nicaragua guidebook.
Descent History: I ran this in September 2016, with 450 cfs at the TO.
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