Ciudad Valles is a city and municipality of the state of San Luis Potosí. It is located to the east of the state, in the Huasteca region (Huasteca Potosina), on the banks of the Tampaón River, also popularly known as Rio Valles. Ciudad Valles is an important commercial, tourist, agricultural and livestock center. It has important sugar and cement industries in the city. Its proximity to the Sierra del Abra-Tanchipa and the municipalities of the Huasteca, makes it a must go for tourists, due to its hotel infrastructure and services. In the region ecological tourism is practiced and extreme sports such as kayaking or rappelling are practiced by people from all over the world. It is the third largest urban city, populated and important of the state of San Luis Potosí. In the region Spanish and Huasteca are spoken.

Minas Viejas waterfall, from the city of San Luis Potosí drive down the road 80 (Tampico-Barra de Navidad), 273 km to El Naranjo, once there drive 16 km to La Hincada, take the deviation of Maitínez and Minas Viejas. These are two waterfalls 50m high, surrounded by lush vegetation, which form a beautiful pool. Here you can camp and swim, as well as visit the neighborhoods where other waterfalls are located and the lagoon of Los Patos, where you can fish. This cascade has an incomparable beauty by the color of its waters and surrounding vegetation, is very close to the group of cascades of the municipality of Tamasopo, S.L.P.

Tamul waterfall is the largest waterfall in the state of San Luis Potosí, at the top of the Santa Maria River canyon, 300m deep. The Tamul waterfall is 105 meters high. It is located to the north of the municipality of Aquismón, about 45 minutes from Ciudad Valles. Comes from the flow of the Gallinas river, which ends up flowing on the Santa María River. The river that feeds it changes of name to Tampaón river, just after downstream of the waterfall; All located west of Aquismón, in the region known as Huasteca Potosina. The waterfall is accessed by the road of San Luis Potosí, to later take a detour in the town of El Sauz to La Morena, where they have an official tourist area with parking area and camping sites where you can hire a boatman which provides safety equipment for your trip. The boat trip takes more than an hour, during which you can see the beautiful landscape and the crystal blue river. It is possible to do abseiling, among other activities. As well as swimming in a stunning crystal clear water cave with over 45 m depth enjoying astonishing tranquility and beauty. It is formed by the fall of the waters of the river Gallinas, which is integrated by others that are born in the municipality of Tamasopo, San Luis Potosi. In the 1960s, the locals called the waterfall "La Sonadora" because of the crash of its fall in times of heavy rain. The Santa María river divides Tamasopo and Aquismón in direction N-S and the river Gallinas in the E-W; it is also a border between teeneks and pames (Xi'oi, pronounced Shihuí or Chihui and not Choy or Xoiu as it appears in many writings).

Tamul is in a region where natural blue waterfalls are plentiful: within just 100 km are many tourist attractions such as, Llovinosa and Los Chorros; In El Naranjo, the Salto de Tanloquen, El Meco and Minas Viejas; In Xilitla, Las Pozas (the surrealist garden of Edward James); In Ciudad Valles, Micos and in Tamasopo, the waterfalls of Tamasopo Viejo, Puente de Dios, El Paraíso, California, El Aguacate, Las Cascaditas and three unexplored waterfalls in San Nicolás de los Montes river. In addition to these, there are innumerable places and underground rivers and the last wetland of San Luis Potosí, the Ciénega de Tampasquín in Tamasopo, known as ciénega de Cabezas. El sotano de las Golondrinas is a natural abyss located in the town of Aquismón pertaining to the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.

Natural Monument "The Basement of the Golondrinas" is a protected natural state area of San Luis Potosí, declared protected area on 03/15/2001 of 285 ha. The summit is a huge cave of karstic origin, formed by water erosion in a waterproof fault of a plain of limestone that has the characteristic of having an exterior aperture notoriously narrower than the bottom, creating a colossal conical shape. The depth of the abyss is about 376 meters. The upper opening is at ground level and has a diameter of about 60 meters, while the bottom has a maximum opening of about 300 meters by 60 in its narrowest part. This site also has the peculiarity of being one of the biggest natural refuge for birds, and contrary to what its name implies, they are not swallows. This apparent contradiction is due to the fact that the species that can be found in the Basin of the Swallows are actually swifts (although not common swifts, Apus apus, since these are old world birds), which are often confused with the true ones swallows in the cave is also possible to find a species of parrots (Aratinga holochlora), locally called cave parrots.

For a long time el sotano de las Golondrinas was considered the largest single-shot cavern in the world with its 512 meters depth of free fall. Nowadays speleologists of different nationalities consider Golondrinas as the most beautiful basement or vertical cave in the world. The descent into this surreal underworld begins at dawn with the spectacle of the flight of thousands of swifts and parrots spiraling with mathematical precision. The bottom of the basement has the dimensions of three football fields and is higher than the Eiffel Tower.

El Salto waterfall is located in the municipality of El Naranjo, 171.5 km east of the state capital of San Luis Potosí. Also within the territory are famous waterfalls such as Tamasopo, formed by a waterfall of the river having the same name, El Trampolin and the very famous Puente de Dios. This is a special place for ecological tourism. Cabezas creek is in the process of being declared a "protected zone" by the variety of species that live there. The space called Trampolin varies in depth and lends itself to be a meeting place for families as it has enough space out of the water to enjoy without danger and also within it you can find wild waters for adrenaline junkies (rafting). There are security officials to protect tourists and local from the river, especially small kids with no swimming skills. Live the experience with beautiful natural views and friendly locals. Also has a very good location as it is located a few steps from the Waterfalls of Tamasopo in the community called Agua Buena.