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Waterfalls of Oceania

19 destinations across Oceania, ordered by significance. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.

Sutherland Falls, New Zealand

Sutherland Falls

New Zealand · 580 m

New Zealand tallest waterfall drops in three stages from Lake Quill and can only be reached on foot, via a short side trail off the…

UNESCOHelicopter flightsNew Zealand tallest waterfall
Wallaman Falls, Australia

Wallaman Falls

Australia · 268 m

Australia's tallest permanent single-drop waterfall plunges off the edge of the Girringun rainforest into a deep gorge, reached by …

UNESCOSwimmingAustralia's tallest permanent sin…
Jim Jim Falls, Australia

Jim Jim Falls

Australia · 215 m

A sheer sandstone escarpment towers over a plunge pool that, in the dry season when the falls themselves often stop flowing, become…

UNESCOScenic flightsSwimmingOne of Kakadu's most dramatic esc…
Wentworth Falls, Australia

Wentworth Falls

Australia · 187 m

A short train ride from Sydney, the falls drop in multiple stages down a sandstone escarpment into the Jamison Valley, with the pop…

UNESCOA signature day trip from Sydney …
Bowen Falls, New Zealand

Bowen Falls

New Zealand · 162 m

Named for the wife of an early New Zealand governor, this permanent falls plunges directly into Milford Sound beside the small sett…

UNESCOOne of only two permanent waterfa…
Stirling Falls, New Zealand

Stirling Falls

New Zealand · 155 m

Tour boats on Milford Sound cruise close enough to this permanent falls that passengers standing on deck get soaked by the spray, o…

UNESCOKayakingOne of only two permanent waterfa…

Twin Falls

Australia · 150 m

Two streams split around a central sandstone pillar and fall together into a sandy-beached gorge, reached via a 4WD track, a creek …

UNESCOSwimmingA twin-stream falls reachable onl…
Purling Brook Falls, Australia

Purling Brook Falls

Australia · 109 m

A circuit trail through the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area lets hikers walk down, behind, and back up past the full drop …

UNESCOA full behind-the-falls circuit w…
Josephine Falls, Australia

Josephine Falls

Australia · 25 m

Smooth granite chutes at the base of Queensland's tallest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere, double as a natural waterslide, one of the …

UNESCOSwimmingA natural waterslide at the base …

Wairere Falls

New Zealand · 153 m

The North Island's tallest waterfall drops off the Kaimai Range in a single dramatic plunge, reached by a forest track that climbs …

The North Island's tallest waterfall
Bridal Veil Falls, New Zealand

Bridal Veil Falls

New Zealand · 55 m

The Pakoka River free-falls off a basalt lava shelf into a fern-lined gorge near the surf town of Raglan, with viewpoints both from…

A dramatic single-drop falls near…
Russell Falls, Australia

Russell Falls

Australia · 45 m

A two-tiered curtain flanked by towering swamp gum trees and ancient tree ferns is reached by one of Tasmania's easiest, most famil…

Widely considered Tasmania's most…
Marokopa Falls, New Zealand

Marokopa Falls

New Zealand · 36 m

A wide, feathery curtain drops through native bush a short drive from the famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves, reached by an easy ten-min…

King Country's most-visited roads…

Wangi Falls

Australia · 32 m

Twin streams drop into one of the Northern Territory's largest and most popular natural swimming holes, ringed by monsoon rainfores…

SwimmingLitchfield National Park's most p…
MacKenzie Falls, Australia

MacKenzie Falls

Australia · 30 m

Victoria's largest waterfall by volume drops into a deep sandstone gorge in the Grampians, reached by a steep staircase of more tha…

Victoria's largest waterfall by volume

Tavoro Falls

Fiji · 24 m

Three separate waterfalls linked by a rainforest trail climb progressively higher into the hills of Taveuni, known as Fiji's Garden…

SwimmingFiji's best-known waterfall trio
Millaa Millaa Falls, Australia

Millaa Millaa Falls

Australia · 18 m

A perfectly circular curtain drops into a fern-ringed pool that has appeared in numerous shampoo and skincare commercials for its p…

SwimmingQueensland's most photographed an…
Florence Falls, Australia

Florence Falls

Australia · 15 m

A steep staircase of more than 130 steps descends to a monsoon-forest plunge pool fed by twin parallel drops, one of Litchfield Nat…

SwimmingOne of Litchfield's two signature…
Huka Falls, New Zealand

Huka Falls

New Zealand · 11 m

New Zealand's largest lake, Taupo, drains through a narrow rock channel here at a rate that can exceed 200,000 litres per second, t…

Bungee jumpingJet boatHighest-volume-per-width rapids o…