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.
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
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 …
Athabasca Falls
Though modest in height, the entire Athabasca River is forced through a narrow slot of hard quartzite sandstone, carving potholes a…
Cascata delle Marmore
Ancient Romans engineered this falls in 271 BC by diverting the Velino River off a cliff into the Nera valley below, making it the …
Boka Waterfall
Slovenia tallest waterfall bursts from a narrow slot in the rock face of the Julian Alps, forming two separate jets in high water t…
Gullfoss
The glacial Hvítá River drops in two stages into a jagged crevice 32 metres deep, seemingly vanishing into the earth from certain a…
Cumberland Falls
One of the very few places in the Western Hemisphere where a consistent lunar rainbow, or 'moonbow,' forms in the spray on clear ni…
Petrohué Falls
Turquoise glacial meltwater from Lake Todos los Santos tears through channels carved into ancient lava flows, with the snow-capped …