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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 · Upper Demerara-Berbice
Waraputa Fall
The Essequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil–Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,014 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.
Essentials guide
Facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia, compiled September 2026; season and access are our estimate, not a visit report. How we build these pages.
Waraputa Fall drops over a series of steps. It is a cascade-type fall, and the nearest base for a visit is Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana. Access to the main viewpoint is rated moderate.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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 Waraputa Fall itself — the experience is the approach and the view. Guided day trips from Upper Demerara-Berbice 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 Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana
- Country Guyana
- Region Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guianas & Venezuela, South America
- Access Moderate — a real walk — expect stairs, uneven ground or an hour on the trail
How it compares
This waterfall
Waraputa Fall
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 Waraputa Fall 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
5.25, -58.83333
Quick answers
Where is Waraputa Fall?
Waraputa Fall is in Guyana (Upper Demerara-Berbice). The nearest base is Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana. Its coordinates are 5.2500, -58.8333.
When is the best time to visit Waraputa Fall?
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 Waraputa Fall?
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 Waraputa Fall?
The usual base is Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana. A real walk — expect stairs, uneven ground or an hour on the trail from there.
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