165 waterfalls worldwide
Wildlife & safari at waterfalls
Falls that sit inside serious wildlife country, where the water is only half the reason to come.
Waterfalls in national parks are often wildlife destinations in their own right: rainforest birds, monkeys and butterflies in the spray zone, and big game in the parks around the great African falls.
Worth knowing before you book
- Early morning and late afternoon are best for animals.
- Guided walks see far more than you will alone.
- Never feed wildlife, including the coatis and monkeys at popular viewpoints.
Safety
Keep your distance from large animals and follow your guide's instructions in big-game areas.
From our full guides
What it costs, and who runs it
Advertised 2026 prices at the destinations we cover in depth, converted to US dollars. Open a guide for the season, what's included and how to book.
Where it runs
Waterfalls with wildlife & safari
Every destination in our index where wildlife & safari 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.
Full guide Victoria Falls
Largest sheet of falling water on Earth
Full guide Iguazú Falls
World's largest waterfall system by combined width
Full guide Kaieteur Falls
Among the most powerful single drops on earth: 226 metres in one plunge
Full guide Kuang Si Falls
Laos's best-known waterfall, a staircase of turquoise travertine pools
Full guide Ouzoud Falls
Among Morocco's tallest and best-known waterfalls
UNESCO Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
Centerpiece of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Tres Hermanas Falls
Tres Hermanas Falls is reportedly the third tallest waterfall in the world, with a height of 914 metres . It…
Browne Falls
Browne Falls is a waterfall above Doubtful Sound, which is located in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.…
Kanangra Falls
Kanangra Falls is a waterfall on the Kanangra River, in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park, near Oberon, in the…
Humbert Falls
The Humbert Falls is a waterfall in the Marojejy National Park in North-Eastern Madagascar. It is situated…
Sulphide Creek Falls
Sulphide Creek Falls is a tall, moderately large volume waterfall within North Cascades National Park in…
Talnikovy Waterfall
The Talnikovy Waterfall is a 700m high seasonal waterfall in the Putorana Mountains, the northwestern part of…
Sunwapta Falls
Sunwapta Falls is a pair of waterfalls of the Sunwapta River in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The…
Blum Basin Falls
Blum Basin Falls is a waterfall in Whatcom County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in North…
Kisdon Force
Kisdon Force is a series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, England. The falls are situated…
Hunlen Falls
Hunlen Falls is a waterfall located at the mouth of Turner Lake in the Pacific Ranges of British Columbia…
Lofoi Falls
Lofoi Falls is a waterfall in Kundelungu National Park, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the…
Pissing Mare Falls
Pissing Mare Falls is a tiered waterfall in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed from…
Wapama Falls
Wapama Falls is the larger of two waterfalls located on Falls Creek on the northern wall of Hetch Hetchy…
Dudhsagar Falls
India's tallest railway-adjacent waterfall
Riandahy Falls
The Riandahy Falls is a waterfall in the region of Ihorombe in Madagascar. They are situated on the Zomandao…
Depot Creek Falls
Depot Creek Falls is a 967-foot -high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County…
Tueeulala Falls
Tueeulala Falls is located on the north side of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. At roughly 880…
Thi Lo Su Waterfall
The Thi Lo Su Waterfall is claimed to be the largest and highest waterfall in Thailand. It stands 250 metres…
Rianbavy Falls
The Rianbavy Falls is a waterfall in the region of Ihorombe in Madagascar. They are situated on the Zomandao…
Hivjufossen
Hivjufossen is a 250-metre tall waterfall located west of the village of Hovet in Hol Municipality in…
Svøufallet
Svøufallet is a waterfall in Sunndal Municipality, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 246-metre tall…
Morsárfoss
Morsárfoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Measurements showed that one of the several…
Chilnualna Falls
Chilnualna Falls is a series of waterfalls totaling 690 feet , located on Chilnualna Creek in the southern…
Cautley Spout
Cautley Spout is England's highest waterfall above ground. . The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of…
Edith Falls
The Edith Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls and pools on the Edith River in the Nitmiluk National…
Crypt Falls
Crypt Falls is a waterfall in southwestern Alberta in Waterton Lakes National Park. It is viewable from the…
San Rafael Falls
San Rafael Falls was a waterfall on the Coca River in Sucumbíos and Napo, Ecuador. Standing 131 metres high…
Bird Woman Falls
Bird Woman Falls is a 560 feet waterfall located immediately west of the continental divide in Glacier…
Yarrbilgong Falls
The Yarrbilgong Falls, a waterfall on the Coomera River, is located within Lamington National Park in the…
Lillaz Falls
The Lillaz Falls is a waterfall along the Urtier river near Cogne in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The waterfalls…
Pančava Waterfall
Pančava Waterfall or Pančavský Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the Czech Republic, boasting a total…
Apsley Falls
The Apsley Falls are two waterfalls on the Apsley River in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales…
Kautz Creek Falls
Kautz Creek Falls is a waterfall on Kautz Creek in the Mount Rainier National Park in the state of…
Phu Fa waterfall
Phu Fa is a waterfall in the deep jungle of the Luang Prabang Range near the Laos border. It is located in…
Mae Surin Falls
Nam Tok Mae Surin, also known as Mae Surin Falls, are waterfalls in Thailand's Mae Hong Son Province. Mae…
Njupeskär
Njupeskär is a waterfall in the river Njupån in Fulufjället National Park, Sweden, about 2 kilometres away…
Västanåfallet
Västanåfallet is a cascade waterfall located in Härnösand Municipality, in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The…
Full guide Wli Falls
West Africa's tallest waterfall
Union Falls
Union Falls is a fan-type waterfall on Mountain Ash Creek, a tributary of the Fall River in the Cascade…
Skakavac Waterfall
Skakavac is a waterfall formed on the Perućica, a mountain creek, in the Perućica, which is regulated as a…
Kairak falls
Kairak Falls is a waterfall on the Kairak River in the Enbekshikazakh District in the south of Almaty Region…
Jelovarnik
Jelovarnik is the second tallest waterfall in Serbia, with a total height of 71 meters. Located within the…
Siklawa Falls
Siklawa Falls is the highest waterfall in the Tatra National Park, Lesser Poland, dropping a total of 70…
Skakavitsa Waterfall
The Skakavitsa Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. It is part of Rila…
Polikarya
The Polikarya ) is the highest waterfall in Sochi, Russia. It is fed by one of the glaciers of the Aibga…
Mac-Mac Falls
The Mac-Mac Falls is a 65-metre waterfall on the Mac-Mac River in the Mac-Mac Forest Nature Reserve…
Makahiku Falls
Makahiku Falls is a 200-foot horsetail waterfall in Haleakalā National Park on the island of Maui in Hawaii.…
Sydney Falls
Sydney Falls, more commonly called Kotsuck Creek Falls or Kotsuck Falls, is a waterfall in the Mount Rainier…
Grey Mare's Tail
One of Britain tallest waterfalls, in a classic hanging valley
Narada Falls
Narada Falls is a waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is said to be…
Augrabies Falls
Sixth-largest waterfall by volume in the world
Babsko Praskalo
Babsko Praskalo is a waterfall in the Central Balkan National Park, Balkan Mountains, central Bulgaria. With…
Peričnik Falls
Peričnik Falls is a waterfall in Triglav National Park, Slovenia. The waterfall consists of two distinct…
Hayato Great Falls
Hayato Great Falls is a waterfall on the Hayato River within the boundaries of the Tanzawa-Ōyama…
Silverband Falls
The Silverband Falls are waterfalls located in the Grampians National Park, in western Victoria, Australia.…
Wilberforce Falls
One of the highest waterfalls north of the Arctic Circle
Tjaynera Falls
Tjaynera Falls is a waterfall on the Sandy Creek within Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of…
Tangle Falls
Tangle Falls is a multi-tiered waterfall located in Jasper National Park along Icefields Parkway. It has 4…
Kepler Cascades
Kepler Cascades is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United…
Murchison Falls
World's most powerful waterfall by force per metre of width
Tolmer Falls
Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory…
Tower Fall
Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S.…
Terraced Falls
Terraced Falls ht. 130 feet is a waterfall on Fall River in Yellowstone National Park. The highest waterfall…
Black Lake Falls
Black Lake Falls is a waterfall located in the Tatra National Park, High Tatras, Poland, dropping a total of…
Full guide Epupa Falls
Border waterfall shared by Namibia and Angola
La Paz Waterfall
La Paz is a waterfall in central Costa Rica. In Spanish, it is known as Catarata de La Paz.
Salmon Creek Falls
Salmon Creek Falls is a 120-foot waterfall in the southern Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. The…
Kitashōji Falls
Kitashōji Falls is a waterfall in northern Yamanashi Prefecture Japan, on the Ishiutoro River, an upper…
Rio Celeste Falls
Famous for water colored by optical mineral scattering, not dye
Karlovsko Praskalo
Karlovsko Praskalo is a waterfall in the Central Balkan National Park, Balkan Mountains, central Bulgaria. It…
Bear falls
Bear falls is a waterfall found in the Almaty Region of Kazakhstan.
Roaring Billy Falls
Roaring Billy Falls is a waterfall in Mount Aspiring National Park, Westland District, New Zealand. It is…
Marymere Falls
Marymere Falls is located in Olympic National Park near Lake Crescent in Washington, United States. The falls…
Orekhovsky
The Orekhovsky ) is a waterfall in the Sochi National Park. It takes its name from Orekhovka, a settlement in…
Thunder Creek Falls
Thunder Creek Falls is a waterfall in Mount Aspiring National Park, Westland District, New Zealand. It is…
Kamieńczyk Falls
Kamieńczyk Falls is the highest waterfall in the Karkonosze National Park, Lower Silesia, Poland, dropping a…
Gibbon Falls
Gibbon Falls is a waterfall on the Gibbon River in northwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United…
Otodome Falls
Otodome Falls is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. This waterfall with…
Štrbački buk
Štrbački buk waterfall is a 25m high waterfall on the Una River . It is situated on the border of Croatia and…
Siklawica Falls
Siklawica Falls is a waterfall located in the Western Tatras, south of Zakopane, Poland, dropping a total of…
Melincourt Falls
Melincourt Falls is an 80 feet high waterfall on Melin Court Brook, a left-bank tributary of the River Neath…
Hallamölla
Hallamölla is a waterfall on the Verkeån river in Tomelilla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. With a…
Wilczki Falls
Wilczki Falls is a waterfall located in the Wilczka Falls Nature Reserve within the Śnieżnik Landscape Park…
Mystic Falls
Mystic Falls is a 70-foot cascade type waterfall on the Little Firehole River, a tributary of the Firehole…
Baker's Falls
Baker's Falls is a famous waterfall in Horton Plains National Park in the Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka.…
Wainui Falls
Wainui Falls is a 20-metre waterfall in Wainui Bay, in the Tasman region of New Zealand. The waterfall is…
Wapta Falls
Wapta Falls is a waterfall of the Kicking Horse River located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia…
Inglis Falls
One of three waterfalls that surround the city of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Inglis Falls is the largest…
Mahua Waterfall
Mahua Waterfall is a plunge type waterfall located in Patau Village, Tambunan District of Sabah, Malaysia…
Zhenetskyi Huk
The Zhenetskyi Huk or the Zhenetskyi waterfall is located on the Zhenets river about 9 km from Tatariv…
Kettle Falls
Kettle Falls was an ancient and important salmon fishing site on the upper reaches of the Columbia River, in…
Fantail Falls
Fantail Falls is a waterfall in Mount Aspiring National Park, Westland District, New Zealand. The waterfall…
Szklarki Falls
Szklarki Falls is a waterfall located in the Giant Mountains, Lower Silesia, Poland, dropping a total of 13.3…
Firehole Falls
Firehole Falls is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United…
Mickiewicz Falls
Mickiewicz Falls is a waterfall in the Tatra National Park, Lesser Poland, consisting of three main cascades…
Amsel Falls
The Amsel Falls is a waterfall in Saxon Switzerland in East Germany, roughly a kilometre north of the famous…
Ivanovsky Waterfall
The Ivanovsky is a 10-metre high waterfall that is located in the Sochi National Park, Russia. It is part of…
Petrohué Falls
Chile's most photographed volcano-and-rapids view
Alamere Falls
Alamere Falls is a coastal waterfall in Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California; it flows…
Lewis Falls
The Lewis Falls are located on the Lewis River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. The…
Chasm Falls
Chasm Falls is a waterfall with a 25-foot drop located on the Fall River in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Zapata Falls
Zapata Falls is a waterfall located in the San Luis Valley near the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on…
Faxi
The Faxi waterfall is located on the Golden Circle, a popular tourist trail approximately 120 km east of…
Kamianka waterfall
The Kamianka or the Kamianetskyi waterfall is located on the Kamianka river in the National Park Dubyna…
Petrohué Waterfalls
Petrohué Waterfalls is a chute-type waterfall in the upper reach of Petrohué River in Chile, a short distance…
Chat Warin Waterfall
Chat Warin Waterfall is a waterfall in Tambon To Teng, near Narathiwat, Thailand. The entrance is a good…
Brooks Falls
Brooks Falls is a waterfall located within Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Located on the Brooks…
Öxarárfoss
Öxarárfoss is a waterfall in Þingvellir National Park, Iceland. It flows from the river Öxará over the…
Ófærufoss
Ófærufoss is a waterfall situated in the Eldgjá chasm in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park…
Kapachira Falls
Kapachira Falls is a waterfall in Malawi. It is located on the lower Shire River near the town of Chikwawa…
Ilya Muromets Waterfall
Ilya Muromets , named after the East Slavic folk hero, is a very steep vertical waterfall on the Bear's…
Barehipani Falls
Barehipani Falls is a two-tiered waterfall located in Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district in the…
Duf Falls
Duf Falls near the village of Rostuša is located in Mavrovo National Park in the western region of North…
Vattaparai Falls
Vattaparai Falls are located at: 8°15.919′N 77°27.062′E, elevation 40 m , in the Keeriparai reserve forest…
Monkey Falls
Monkey Falls are natural waterfalls located near the uphill ghat road Valparai on the Pollachi-Valparai road…
Elabana Falls
The Elabana Falls is a cascade waterfall that is located within Lamington National Park in the South East…
Hinulugang Taktak
Hinulugang Taktak Protected Landscape, also known as Hinulugan Taktak, is a protected area in Rizal…
Joranda Falls
The Joranda Falls is a waterfall located in the core area of Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district in…
Bilbrough Falls
The Bilbrough Falls, also known as the Goomoolahra Falls, is a cascade waterfall that is located within the…
Namtok Kaeng Sopha
Namtok Kaeng Sopha is a waterfall in Wang Thong District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand. It is in Thung…
Hällingsåfallet
Hällingsåfallet is a waterfall and a nature reserve in Jämtland County in Sweden. It is part of the European…
Waterwheel Falls
Waterwheel Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California, located in Yosemite National Park. It is…
Snow Creek Falls
Snow Creek Falls is a long series of cascades located in Yosemite National Park toward the eastern extent of…
Virginia Cascades
Virginia Cascades ), is a cascade type waterfall on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. Virginia…
Styggforsen
Styggforsen is a waterfall and a nature reserve located in Dalarna County, Sweden. It is part of the European…
Pulo do Lobo
Pulo do Lobo is a waterfall 17 km north of Mértola, in the Lower Alentejo region of Portugal. It is the…
Mount Shuksan Waterfalls
There are four prominent waterfalls in the basin of a short tributary of Sulphide Creek, on the southeast…
Kongou Falls
Chutes Kongou is a massive cataract about 3.2 kilometres wide and up to 56 metres tall, located in Ivindo…
Elephant Waterfalls
Elephant Waterfalls is a waterfall in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It is located about 25 km from Da Lat…
Triplet Falls
The Triplet Falls are waterfalls located in the Great Otway National Park of Victoria, in eastern Australia…
Jurong Falls
Jurong Bird Park was an aviary in Jurong in the western part of Singapore. Opened in 1971, it was the largest…
Andriamamovoka Falls
The Andriamamovoka Falls is a waterfall in central Madagascar. It is situated on the Namorona River in the…
Kearneys Falls
The Kearneys Falls is a cascade waterfall on a tributary of the Mulgrave River, in the Wooroonooran National…
Still Brook Waterfall
Still Brook Waterfall is a waterfall at mouth of Still Brook, where the brook empties into Black Brook Cove…
Benham Falls
Benham Falls are rapids of the Deschutes River located between the resort community of Sunriver and the town…
Boundary Falls (New South Wales)
The Boundary Falls is a waterfall that is located within the Gibraltar Range National Park, adjacent to the…
Kurokuma Falls
Kurokuma Falls is a waterfall in the town of Ajigasawa, Higashitsugaru District Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on…
Sanjō Falls
Sanjō Falls is a waterfall in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on the Tadami River in Oze National…
Biryong Falls
Biryong Falls is a waterfall in Seoraksan National Park in Sokcho, located halfway between Yukdam Falls and…
Grand Galet Falls
The Grand Galet Falls is situated in the commune of Saint-Joseph on the island of Réunion. It is situated in…
Nang Rong Waterfall
The Nang Rong Waterfall is a waterfall, located in the Tambon of Hin Tang, Mueang Nakhon Nayok district…
Tin Mine Falls
The Tin Mine Falls is a cascade waterfall located in the remote Pilot Wilderness Area within the Kosciuszko…
Katoomba Falls
The Katoomba Falls is a segmented waterfall that is located close to Echo Point near Katoomba on the Kedumba…
Moss Force
Moss Force is a waterfall situated within the Lake District National Park in the English county of Cumbria.…
Falls of Shin
Falls of Shin is a waterfall on the River Shin, in northern Scotland, near the villages of Bonar Bridge and…
Dog Falls, Glen Affric
Dog Falls is a series of waterfalls on the River Affric, in Glen Affric in the Highlands of Scotland. The…
Helena Falls
Helena Falls is a waterfall in the Fiordland National Park in New Zealand that empties into Doubtful Sound. A…
Kamuiwakka Falls
Kamuiwakka Falls is a natural hot spring in Shiretoko National Park, Japan. It is on the Kamuiwakka River.
Doğançay Waterfall
Doğançay Waterfall is a waterfall in Sakarya Province, northwestern Turkey. It is a registered natural…
Fallbach Waterfall
Fallbach Waterfall is a waterfall in the Maltatal valley of Austria in the Austrian Alps near Malta. It is…
Hellefossen
Hellefossen is an originally five-meter-high waterfall in the Drammen River, the lowest in the watercourse.…
Kparia Waterfalls
Kparia Waterfalls is located within the Mole National Park. It is a waterfall along the Kparia river.
Gates of Haast
The Gates of Haast is a gorge on the Haast River in Mount Aspiring National Park in the South Island of New…
K50 Waterfall
The K50 Waterfall is a waterfall in Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve in Sơn Lang commune, Gia Lai province, in…
Tanap-Avis Falls
Tanap-Avis Falls is a natural waterfall in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The basin-like waterfalls is a…
Cascada del Vino
Cascada del Vino is a Venezuelan water fall with the peculiar feature that the river has a tinged of…
Mae Ya Waterfall
Mae Ya Waterfall is a waterfall in Doi Inthanon National Park, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai province…
Hiji Falls
Hiji Falls is a National Park and a popular tourist destination on the island and prefecture of Okinawa…
Khao Soi Dao waterfall
Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand's Chanthaburi province. It covers the…
Questions people ask
Where can you go wildlife & safari at a waterfall?
Our index lists 165 waterfalls where wildlife & safari operates at or right beside the falls, including Victoria Falls, Iguazú Falls, Kaieteur Falls, Kuang Si Falls, Ouzoud Falls and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.
How much does wildlife & safari at a waterfall cost?
At the destinations we cover in full, advertised 2026 prices run roughly US$5 to US$107 per person, depending on the operator and what's included. Prices are converted to US dollars from local currencies and change without notice, so check the operator before you book.
When is the best time of year for wildlife & safari at waterfalls?
Across the waterfalls in our index, the most are at their best April to June and October. But each activity has its own window — rafting often stops at peak flood, and ice climbing needs a hard freeze — so check the season on each destination page.
Is wildlife & safari at a waterfall safe?
Keep your distance from large animals and follow your guide's instructions in big-game areas.
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