World of Waterfalls Blog

This itinerary of our visit to Angel Falls pretty much revolved around an organized tour that would allow us to access the remote waterfall. It took the entire week of Thanksgiving, but I’m still kicking myself for not taking a few extra days…

The ‘Happiness Pool’ was so named by our Angel Falls tour guide. Since I can’t figure out if it has a more formal name, I stuck with his suggestion…

Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, drops nearly a kilometer from a table-top mountain known as Auyantepui. Its existence seems like a paradox as it’s neither fed…

The Auyantepuy Waterfalls (or Auyantepui Waterfalls) are basically waterfalls that leap off the Auyantepui plateau. While there are a few more ‘permanent’ waterfalls…

The Canaima Lagoon Waterfalls were a compulsory bonus for us as we entered the indigenous village of Canaima while bound for the world famous Angel Falls. We were able to see this series of…

Sapo Falls (Salto El Sapo in Spanish) and Sapito Falls (Salto El Sapito meaning “Little Sapo Falls” in Spanish) were waterfalls tumbling into a lagoon that seemed to be a separate from the larger…

It wasn’t long after when the small plane’s engine sputtered and then stopped. The plane then started to descend. Everyone in the plane except the pilot looked around wondering if this was it…

This itinerary of our visit to Iguazu Falls was designed in the interest of limited time as it took place over the Labor Day Weekend plus a couple of additional days off to extend the holiday to a total of five days…

Off the beaten tourist path, Salto Arrechea sits at the end of the Macuco Trail (Sendero Macuco). Clearly lacking the size and force of the neighboring Iguazú Falls, this waterfall …

No matter how you spell or say Iguazu Falls, it is indeed a crazy waterfall. How crazy, you might ask? Consider a network of 275 different waterfalls spanning an area 3km wide…

Screams were heard all around us as if we were in some rollercoaster ride. The Kiwi guy sitting behind me kept yelling to no one in particular, “To the extreme!”

This trip covers the Iceland portion of a month-long Summer trip that also included a brief stopover in Western New York as well as New York City (with Julie’s cousin) after the Iceland part of the trip. I’m including the New York City part of the trip…

Dynkur (also called Budarhalsfoss or Búðarhálsfoss; “BOO-thur-howls-foss”) was a wide and powerful multi-segmented waterfall on the Þjórsá River. Getting to this waterfall required a bit of driving..

Julie and I thought he wanted to talk to us because he might have been the parking enforcement guy. After some futile attempts at communication beyond a sentence or two, I eventually asked…

Haifoss is said to be the second tallest waterfall in Iceland at 122m tall (at least that was the case in July 2007). But encyclopedic facts aside, what really made this waterfall stand out…

Hjalparfoss (“HYAL-par-foss”; meaning the “helping falls”) was a pretty unique double waterfall that joined at its base into a very large plunge pool surrounded by some rugged lava formations…

Thjofafoss (meaning “thieves falls”) was a wide and milky waterfall on the Þjórsá River beneath Mt Burfell. Even though this waterfall wasn’t tall, we thought its width, power, and juxtaposition…

The Gjain Waterfalls (or Gjáin Waterfalls; I think is pronounced “GYAU-in”) merely pertain to the pair of falls that we noticed within the lush garden paradise nestled within a rift zone. While…

The waterfalls on the Skoga River are so numerous that it was almost overwhelming to me. Just to give you an idea of how waterfall saturated I was on this one hike alone, I counted…

Gljufurarfoss (Gljúfurárfoss; I think is pronounced “GLYOO-fir-owr-foss”) was a waterfall where I had to be content with obstructed views due to its rather hidden position behind a mini narrow slot…