From a distance, Gocta waterfall seemed, well, pretty but quite average. During the nice hike in comfortable warm temperature, the waterfall grew bigger and bigger. At a certain point I’ve been impressed due to its height (look at the photos and compare one of the tall trees to the waterfall). Later, I could not see […]

Catarata de Corontachaca was a pleasant waterfall surprise (at least one we didn’t expect to see on our trip) sitting several minutes west of the town of Pedro Ruiz. I was told the falls…

Catarata Gocta was perhaps the most impressive waterfall in all of Peru. This waterfall was said to be “discovered” by westerners in 2005 when Stefan Ziemendorff noticed the waterfall during…

Catarata de Chinata was an impressive 580m waterfall plunging in three visible tiers then cascading further into the jungle. In theory, we should’ve been able to get a pretty clean direct view…

Catarata de Yumbilla was a thin 890m waterfall plunging in several tiers. Although it was said to be taller than Catarata Gocta, we were only able to see about 600m of its overall drop…

The “Machu Picchu Waterfall” is the name I’m dubbing this rare waterfall by Incan ruins… it was not often we were able to see waterfalls and ruins together. So this one particularly caught my…