GuyanaKirk Smock
Guidebook
Guyana
Kirk Smock · 2018
The only dedicated Guyana guide, detailing Kaieteur flights from Georgetown and the multi-day overland trek to the falls.
Guyana · Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Kamarang Great Falls
Kamarang Great Falls is a waterfall in Guyana.
Essentials guide
Facts from Wikidata, compiled September 2026; season and access are our estimate, not a visit report. How we build these pages.
Kamarang Great Falls drops over a series of steps. It is a cascade-type fall, and the nearest base for a visit is Paruima, Guyana. Access to the main viewpoint is rated moderate.
As a cascade waterfall, water tumbles down a series of rock steps rather than falling free.
What you can do here
A walk-in-and-look waterfall
No commercial adventures run at Kamarang Great Falls itself — the experience is the approach and the view. Guided day trips from Paruima are the easiest way to combine it with the area around it.
Also good forHikingPhotography
When to go
Tropical wet season fed: the rains bring the volume, the first dry months bring the clear skies and full falls together.
Getting there
- Base town Paruima, Guyana
- Country Guyana
- Region Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guianas & Venezuela, South America
- Access Moderate — a real walk — expect stairs, uneven ground or an hour on the trail
How it compares
This waterfall
Kamarang Great Falls
Guyana
Height—Width—
Most similar
Yutaje Falls
Venezuela
Height715 mWidth—
Also a cascade waterfall and in Venezuela
Largest curtain
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe · Zambia
Height108 mWidth1,708 m
Largest single sheet of falling water
Tallest on earth
Angel Falls
Venezuela
Height979 mWidth—
Widest on earth
Khone Phapheng Falls
Laos
Height21 mWidth10,783 m
Measured across the whole multi-channel system
108 m
330 m
715 m
979 m
Victoria FallsEiffel TowerYutaje FallsAngel Falls
Khone Phapheng Falls
10,783 m
Victoria Falls
1,708 m
We don't have a reliable crest width for Kamarang Great Falls yet, so it is left off the width chart. Tallest · widest lists.
Watch and read
Books worth packing
Guidebook
South American Handbook
Ben Box · 2017
The one-volume continental handbook, useful for multi-country trips that link falls such as Iguazú, Kaieteur and Angel Falls.
On the map
5.65407, -61.09065
Quick answers
Where is Kamarang Great Falls?
Kamarang Great Falls is in Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The nearest base is Paruima, Guyana. Its coordinates are 5.6541, -61.0906.
When is the best time to visit Kamarang Great Falls?
Peak flow is June to September. Tropical wet season fed: the rains bring the volume, the first dry months bring the clear skies and full falls together.
What can you do at Kamarang Great Falls?
Beyond the viewpoints: hiking and photography. Access to the main viewpoint is rated moderate — a real walk — expect stairs, uneven ground or an hour on the trail.
How do you get to Kamarang Great Falls?
The usual base is Paruima, Guyana. A real walk — expect stairs, uneven ground or an hour on the trail from there.
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