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10 waterfalls worldwide

Zip lines at waterfalls

Cable-crossing a gorge at the height the spray reaches, usually with the falls in your peripheral vision the whole way.

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where it runs

Waterfalls with zip lines

Every destination in our index where zip lines 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

Iguazu Falls

Argentina · Brazil · 82 m

Nearly 275 individual cascades stretch across almost three kilometres where the Iguazu River meets a basalt escarpment, with catwal…

UNESCOHelicopter flightsZip linesWorld's largest waterfall system …
Amicalola Falls, United States

Amicalola Falls

United States · 222 m

The tallest cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi tumbles down a series of rock staircases beside a 604-step metal stairway t…

Zip linesTallest waterfall in Georgia and …
Montmorency Falls, Canada

Montmorency Falls

Canada · 83 m

Standing 30 metres taller than Niagara, the falls mark the spot where British general James Wolfe landed troops before the decisive…

Via ferrataZip lines30 metres taller than Niagara Falls
La Fortuna Waterfall, Costa Rica

La Fortuna Waterfall

Costa Rica · 70 m

A single vertical drop off the flank of Arenal Volcano's foothills falls into a cold, boulder-strewn pool reached by a steep stairc…

CanyoningAbseilingSignature waterfall of Costa Rica…

Horseshoe Falls

Canada · 57 m

The larger and more powerful of Niagara's two main falls curves in a broad crescent on the Canadian side, carrying nearly nine-tent…

Helicopter flightsZip linesCarries about 90% of the Niagara …
Niagara Falls, Canada / United States

Niagara Falls

Canada · United States · 51 m

Three falls in one — Horseshoe, American, and Bridal Veil — move more water per second than almost any other falls on Earth, funnel…

Helicopter flightsJet boatHighest flow rate of any waterfal…

Kuang Si Falls

Laos · 50 m

Turquoise, mineral-tinted water cascades down a tiered limestone staircase into a series of pools popular for swimming, with a resc…

SwimmingZip linesLaos most-visited natural attraction
Pulhapanzak Falls, Honduras

Pulhapanzak Falls

Honduras · 43 m

A broad curtain on the Río Lindo drops into a jungle canyon that guides lead visitors behind and even partway down via a canyoning …

CanyoningSwimmingHonduras's most-visited natural a…

Kawasan Falls

Philippines · 40 m

Bright turquoise, mineral-rich pools step down through limestone in southwest Cebu, the finishing point of one of the Philippines m…

CanyoningSwimmingFinish line of the Philippines mo…