23 waterfalls worldwide
Camping at waterfalls
Falls where you can legally sleep within earshot of the water.
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Waterfalls with camping
Every destination in our index where camping genuinely operates at or immediately around the falls. If an operator has closed, we take the entry down rather than leave a dead booking link.
Angel Falls
Water leaves the flat top of Auyán-tepui and falls so far that much of it atomizes into mist before ever reaching the pool below, a…
Tugela Falls
Five free-leaping tiers drop off the Amphitheatre escarpment in the Drakensberg, and depending on measurement method it rivals Ange…
Yosemite Falls
North America's tallest waterfall drops in three stages — upper, middle cascades, and lower — off the granite wall of Yosemite Vall…
Sutherland Falls
New Zealand tallest waterfall drops in three stages from Lake Quill and can only be reached on foot, via a short side trail off the…
Takakkaw Falls
Its Cree-derived name simply means 'it is magnificent,' an apt description for one of Canada's tallest waterfalls, fed by meltwater…
Victoria Falls
The Zambezi drops as a single curtain into a narrow slot chasm cut into basalt, throwing spray visible for 20 km that locals call '…
Virginia Falls
Nearly twice the height of Niagara, a limestone spire called Mason's Rock splits the South Nahanni River in two as it plunges into …
Gocta Falls
Hidden by cloud forest above the Utcubamba valley, this two-tiered giant remained unmapped by outsiders until a German-led survey i…
Della Falls
One of Canada's tallest waterfalls tumbles down a remote Vancouver Island valley reachable only by boating the length of Great Cent…
Cachoeira da Fumaça
Water free-falls off a sandstone tableland in Chapada Diamantina and, in a strong breeze, never reaches the canyon floor at all, di…
Vettisfossen
Norway's tallest unregulated waterfall — meaning no dam or hydro scheme has ever touched it — drops in a single free fall deep insi…
Basaseachic Falls
One of Mexico's tallest waterfalls drops in a single free fall into the rugged Sierra Tarahumara, part of the vast Copper Canyon re…
Kalambo Falls
Dropping in a single free fall into the Kalambo Gorge on the Zambia-Tanzania border, this is Africa's second-highest single-drop wa…
Maletsunyane Falls
A single vertical drop off a basalt cliff near the mountain village of Semonkong holds the Guinness record for the world's longest …
Helmcken Falls
The fourth-largest waterfall in Canada plunges over a volcanic rim into a horseshoe canyon so deep that a roadside viewpoint gives …
Falls of Glomach
One of Britain tallest waterfalls sits deep in a remote Highland glen with no road access, requiring a demanding hike of several ho…
Sipi Falls
Three separate falls cascade down the foothills of Mount Elgon through terraced Arabica coffee farms, and a full-day walk links all…
Skógafoss
A former sea cliff now stranded inland by shifting coastlines, the falls drop in a wide, almost perfectly rectangular curtain that …
Epupa Falls
On the Namibia-Angola border the Kunene River splits into dozens of channels weaving among baobab-studded islets before dropping a …
Wangi Falls
Twin streams drop into one of the Northern Territory's largest and most popular natural swimming holes, ringed by monsoon rainfores…
Havasu Falls
Mineral-rich travertine dissolved from the canyon walls tints the plunge pool a surreal turquoise-blue, a color that persists year-…
Kravica Falls
The Trebizat River fans out across a wide travertine amphitheatre in a horseshoe of small parallel cascades, ringed by a popular pe…
Florence Falls
A steep staircase of more than 130 steps descends to a monsoon-forest plunge pool fed by twin parallel drops, one of Litchfield Nat…