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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, Venezuela

Angel Falls

Venezuela · 979 m

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…

UNESCOWorld's tallest uninterrupted waterfall
Tugela Falls, South Africa

Tugela Falls

South Africa · 948 m

Five free-leaping tiers drop off the Amphitheatre escarpment in the Drakensberg, and depending on measurement method it rivals Ange…

UNESCOAmong the world's tallest waterfa…
Yosemite Falls, United States

Yosemite Falls

United States · 739 m

North America's tallest waterfall drops in three stages — upper, middle cascades, and lower — off the granite wall of Yosemite Vall…

UNESCOTallest waterfall in North America
Sutherland Falls, New Zealand

Sutherland Falls

New Zealand · 580 m

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…

UNESCOHelicopter flightsNew Zealand tallest waterfall

Takakkaw Falls

Canada · 373 m

Its Cree-derived name simply means 'it is magnificent,' an apt description for one of Canada's tallest waterfalls, fed by meltwater…

UNESCOOne of Canada's tallest waterfalls
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe / Zambia

Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe · Zambia · 108 m

The Zambezi drops as a single curtain into a narrow slot chasm cut into basalt, throwing spray visible for 20 km that locals call '…

UNESCOBungee jumpingHelicopter flightsLargest sheet of falling water on Earth

Virginia Falls

Canada · 96 m

Nearly twice the height of Niagara, a limestone spire called Mason's Rock splits the South Nahanni River in two as it plunges into …

UNESCOKayakingWhite-water raftingOne of Canada's most remote major…
Gocta Falls, Peru

Gocta Falls

Peru · 771 m

Hidden by cloud forest above the Utcubamba valley, this two-tiered giant remained unmapped by outsiders until a German-led survey i…

SwimmingOne of the world's tallest waterf…

Della Falls

Canada · 440 m

One of Canada's tallest waterfalls tumbles down a remote Vancouver Island valley reachable only by boating the length of Great Cent…

One of Canada's tallest waterfall…
Cachoeira da Fumaça, Brazil

Cachoeira da Fumaça

Brazil · 340 m

Water free-falls off a sandstone tableland in Chapada Diamantina and, in a strong breeze, never reaches the canyon floor at all, di…

One of Brazil's tallest waterfalls

Vettisfossen

Norway · 275 m

Norway's tallest unregulated waterfall — meaning no dam or hydro scheme has ever touched it — drops in a single free fall deep insi…

Norway's tallest completely unreg…
Basaseachic Falls, Mexico

Basaseachic Falls

Mexico · 246 m

One of Mexico's tallest waterfalls drops in a single free fall into the rugged Sierra Tarahumara, part of the vast Copper Canyon re…

Mexico's second-tallest waterfall
Kalambo Falls, Zambia / Tanzania

Kalambo Falls

Zambia · Tanzania · 235 m

Dropping in a single free fall into the Kalambo Gorge on the Zambia-Tanzania border, this is Africa's second-highest single-drop wa…

Africa's second-highest single-dr…

Maletsunyane Falls

Lesotho · 192 m

A single vertical drop off a basalt cliff near the mountain village of Semonkong holds the Guinness record for the world's longest …

AbseilingLongest single-drop abseil (204m)…
Helmcken Falls, Canada

Helmcken Falls

Canada · 141 m

The fourth-largest waterfall in Canada plunges over a volcanic rim into a horseshoe canyon so deep that a roadside viewpoint gives …

Ice climbingFourth-largest waterfall in Canad…
Falls of Glomach, United Kingdom

Falls of Glomach

United Kingdom · 113 m

One of Britain tallest waterfalls sits deep in a remote Highland glen with no road access, requiring a demanding hike of several ho…

One of Britain tallest waterfalls
Sipi Falls, Uganda

Sipi Falls

Uganda · 99 m

Three separate falls cascade down the foothills of Mount Elgon through terraced Arabica coffee farms, and a full-day walk links all…

AbseilingUganda's most scenic coffee-count…
Skógafoss, Iceland

Skógafoss

Iceland · 60 m

A former sea cliff now stranded inland by shifting coastlines, the falls drop in a wide, almost perfectly rectangular curtain that …

One of Iceland's largest waterfal…
Epupa Falls, Namibia / Angola

Epupa Falls

Namibia · Angola · 37 m

On the Namibia-Angola border the Kunene River splits into dozens of channels weaving among baobab-studded islets before dropping a …

Border waterfall shared by Namibi…

Wangi Falls

Australia · 32 m

Twin streams drop into one of the Northern Territory's largest and most popular natural swimming holes, ringed by monsoon rainfores…

SwimmingLitchfield National Park's most p…
Havasu Falls, United States

Havasu Falls

United States · 30 m

Mineral-rich travertine dissolved from the canyon walls tints the plunge pool a surreal turquoise-blue, a color that persists year-…

Helicopter flightsSwimmingMost famous turquoise waterfall i…
Kravica Falls, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kravica Falls

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 25 m

The Trebizat River fans out across a wide travertine amphitheatre in a horseshoe of small parallel cascades, ringed by a popular pe…

SwimmingOne of the Balkans most popular w…
Florence Falls, Australia

Florence Falls

Australia · 15 m

A steep staircase of more than 130 steps descends to a monsoon-forest plunge pool fed by twin parallel drops, one of Litchfield Nat…

SwimmingOne of Litchfield's two signature…