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8 waterfalls worldwide

White-water rafting at waterfalls

Below a great waterfall there is usually a great gorge, and in that gorge some of the biggest commercially runnable water on earth.

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Where it runs

Waterfalls with white-water rafting

Every destination in our index where white-water rafting 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.

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…
Athabasca Falls, Canada

Athabasca Falls

Canada · 24 m

Though modest in height, the entire Athabasca River is forced through a narrow slot of hard quartzite sandstone, carving potholes a…

UNESCOWhite-water raftingMost powerful waterfall in Jasper…
Cascata delle Marmore, Italy

Cascata delle Marmore

Italy · 165 m

Ancient Romans engineered this falls in 271 BC by diverting the Velino River off a cliff into the Nera valley below, making it the …

CanyoningWhite-water raftingTallest man-made waterfall in the world
Boka Waterfall, Slovenia

Boka Waterfall

Slovenia · 106 m

Slovenia tallest waterfall bursts from a narrow slot in the rock face of the Julian Alps, forming two separate jets in high water t…

White-water raftingSlovenia tallest waterfall
Gullfoss, Iceland

Gullfoss

Iceland · 32 m

The glacial Hvítá River drops in two stages into a jagged crevice 32 metres deep, seemingly vanishing into the earth from certain a…

White-water raftingIceland's most iconic waterfall, …
Cumberland Falls, United States

Cumberland Falls

United States · 21 m

One of the very few places in the Western Hemisphere where a consistent lunar rainbow, or 'moonbow,' forms in the spray on clear ni…

White-water raftingOne of the few places on Earth wi…
Petrohué Falls, Chile

Petrohué Falls

Chile · 9 m

Turquoise glacial meltwater from Lake Todos los Santos tears through channels carved into ancient lava flows, with the snow-capped …

KayakingWhite-water raftingChile's most photographed volcano…