Asia
Waterfalls of Asia
30 destinations across Asia, ordered by significance. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.
Nachi Falls
Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall is itself worshipped as a Shinto deity, with a vermillion three-story pagoda framed directly …
Nuorilang Falls
Mineral-rich water sheets across a broad, gently sloped travertine shelf inside Jiuzhaigou Valley, one of dozens of waterfalls link…
Kunchikal Falls
Often cited as India tallest waterfall by total drop, this multi-tiered cascade in the Western Ghats is hemmed in by a hydroelectri…
Nohkalikai Falls
India's tallest plunge waterfall drops from the edge of Cherrapunji, among the wettest inhabited places on Earth, into a pool that …
Dudhsagar Falls
Named the 'sea of milk' for the white froth it churns up, this four-tiered giant straddles a working railway line, with trains cros…
Baatara Gorge Waterfall
Water free-falls through three stacked natural limestone bridges into a sinkhole so deep and dark that the site has earned the nick…
Jog Falls
India's tallest plunge waterfall actually consists of four separate named streams — Raja, Roarer, Rocket and Rani — falling side by…
Fukuroda Falls
Water descends in four broad stages down terraced rock, and a tunnel drilled straight through the mountainside leads to two enclose…
Tad Fane Falls
Two parallel streams plunge side by side off the edge of the Bolaven Plateau into a jungle-filled crater, viewed from a coffee-shop…
Tumpak Sewu
Dozens of separate streams fan out across a vast horseshoe amphitheatre at the base of Mount Semeru, an active volcano whose runoff…
Maria Cristina Falls
Once the primary power source for much of Mindanao, the falls sit beside a hydroelectric plant that now diverts most of the Agus Ri…
Kegon Falls
Draining Lake Chuzenji at the edge of Nikko National Park, the falls became infamous in early 20th-century Japan as the site of a w…
Tinuy-an Falls
Nearly as wide as it is tall, this multi-tiered curtain in a remote corner of Surigao del Sur has earned comparisons to Niagara for…
Sekumpul Falls
Seven separate streams fall together into one lush green valley in northern Bali, often ranked among the most beautiful waterfalls …
Huangguoshu Falls
China largest waterfall drops into a limestone gorge riddled with caves, including one, the Water-Curtain Cave, that runs directly …
Kuang Si Falls
Turquoise, mineral-tinted water cascades down a tiered limestone staircase into a series of pools popular for swimming, with a resc…
Nungnung Falls
One of Bali tallest waterfalls drops into a deep ravine reached by a long, steep concrete staircase through rice terraces and jungl…
Pongour Falls
The Da Nhim River drops down four broad, staggered rock steps in Vietnam Central Highlands, sometimes called the queen of Vietnam w…
Kawasan Falls
Bright turquoise, mineral-rich pools step down through limestone in southwest Cebu, the finishing point of one of the Philippines m…
Duden Waterfalls
Two separate waterfalls share the name — an Upper falls where the Duden River drops through a travertine cave inside a city park, a…
Gitgit Falls
A modest, easily reached curtain surrounded by clove trees and thick jungle a short walk off the main road between Bedugul and Lovi…
Ban Gioc-Detian Falls
The largest waterfall straddling an international border in Asia is known by two names on two sides of a single river, with bamboo …
Hukou Falls
The entire Yellow River funnels through a narrow rock spout barely 30 metres wide, turning the world second-longest river into a vi…
Pagsanjan Falls
Reached only by dugout canoe paddled upstream against the current by two boatmen through a series of rapids, the falls themselves a…
Elephant Falls
Three linked tiers step down a hillside just outside Shillong, named by British colonists for a large elephant-shaped boulder that …
Chitrakoot Falls
Often nicknamed the Niagara of India, this broad horseshoe curtain on the Indravati River sits in one of the country remoter tribal…
Athirappilly Falls
Kerala's largest waterfall spreads wide across a horseshoe of black rock at the edge of the Sholayar forest range, a frequent backd…
Khone Phapheng Falls
Not tall but staggeringly wide, this braided cataract across nearly the entire breadth of the Mekong River is the largest waterfall…
Erawan Falls
Seven distinct tiers step down through the forest, each with its own emerald swimming pool, and small fish that nibble at bathers f…
Pha Charoen Falls
Multiple broad limestone shelves step the Mae Charoen stream down a forested hillside near the remote Thai-Myanmar border town of U…
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