Africa
Waterfalls of Africa
19 destinations across Africa, ordered by significance. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.
Tugela Falls
Five free-leaping tiers drop off the Amphitheatre escarpment in the Drakensberg, and depending on measurement method it rivals Ange…
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 '…
Kalambo Falls
Dropping in a single free fall into the Kalambo Gorge on the Zambia-Tanzania border, this is Africa's second-highest single-drop wa…
Maletsunyane Falls
A single vertical drop off a basalt cliff near the mountain village of Semonkong holds the Guinness record for the world's longest …
Ruacana Falls
A hydroelectric scheme diverts nearly all of the Kunene River's flow underground, so the spectacular natural cataract only reappear…
Ouzoud Falls
The El-Abid River tumbles over red ochre cliffs in a series of steps into the Atlas foothills, framed by hundreds of resident Barba…
Kalandula Falls
One of Africa's widest waterfalls, the Lucala River spreads across a broad rock face in a near-continuous curtain nearly as wide as…
Sipi Falls
Three separate falls cascade down the foothills of Mount Elgon through terraced Arabica coffee farms, and a full-day walk links all…
Howick Falls
A single sheer drop on the Mgeni River just outside Howick town, easily viewed from a roadside platform, holds deep Zulu spiritual …
Lisbon Falls
The tallest waterfall on Mpumalanga's Panorama Route drops in a narrow ribbon into a fern-lined gorge, viewable from a guardrail me…
Ekom-Nkam Falls
A wall of water falls through dense rainforest into a horseshoe amphitheatre, made internationally recognizable as a filming locati…
Berlin Falls
A slender jet of water threads through a notch in the sandstone before dropping into a still, tree-ringed pool, one of several fall…
Wli Falls
West Africa's tallest waterfall drops into a natural amphitheatre shared with thousands of straw-coloured fruit bats roosting on th…
Augrabies Falls
The Orange River funnels into a 240-metre granite gorge here, and the Khoi name meaning 'place of great noise' undersells how viole…
Blue Nile Falls
Known locally as 'smoking water,' the Blue Nile plunges over a horseshoe of basalt cliffs a short walk from Lake Tana's outlet. A s…
Murchison Falls
The entire Victoria Nile is squeezed through a gap in the rock barely 7 metres wide before exploding into the pool below, generatin…
Epupa Falls
On the Namibia-Angola border the Kunene River splits into dozens of channels weaving among baobab-studded islets before dropping a …
Boti Falls
Two separate streams, said locally to represent a male and female spirit, fall side by side into one pool near the town of Boti in …
Livingstone Falls
Not a single drop but a 350-kilometre chain of rapids and cataracts where the Congo River loses more elevation than almost any rive…
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