Crystal Shower Falls

Crystal Shower Falls was an attractive, light-flowing waterfall that allowed us to go behind it. This was another one of the waterfalls that Julie and I didn’t expect to see going into our May 2008…

Tia Falls

Tia Falls (pronounced “TYE-uh” and not “TEE-uh” like Spanish for auntie) was one of several impressive waterfalls in the Oxley Wild Rivers Gorge system. I couldn’t find any information…

Apsley Falls

Apsley Falls was actually a pair of impressive waterfalls that we encountered while touring the Oxley Wild Rivers Gorge system. As you can see from the photo above, this waterfall seemed to be…

Dangarsleigh Falls (Dangars Falls)

Dangarsleigh Falls (or Dangars Falls as well as Dangar Falls for short) was supposed to be an impressively tall waterfall tumbling into the Dangars Gorge not too far from the New England town…

Ellenborough Falls

Ellenborough Falls was a very pleasingly high-flowing waterfall plunging high off the cliffs surrounding the Ellenborough Gorge. Julie and I found this beautiful waterfall to be one of our…

Somersby Falls

Somersby Falls was a series of attractive cascading waterfalls situated near Gosford on the Central Coast of New South Wales. I’d say encountered the two most attractive parts of the waterfalls…

Catarata de Corontachaca

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 (“Gocta 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 Yumbilla

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…

Catarata de Chinata

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…

“Machu Picchu Waterfall”

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…

Big Island Helicopter Waterfalls

While I’ve noted several Big Island Waterfalls on this website, there are still countless more. The vast majority of these waterfalls are concentrated on the windward…

Cedar Creek Falls

Cedar Creek Falls was certainly one of the most attractive (if not the most attractive) waterfalls in San Diego County. What made it so appealing was the bare rocks enclosing the rocky oasis-like…

Mildred Falls

Mildred Falls was an ephemeral waterfall that appeared to have a very short life. I’ve witnessed this waterfall on two separate occasions, where the first time I showed up was on the second dry day…

Kitchen Creek Falls

Kitchen Creek Falls sits within the typically hot and dry Cleveland National Forest about 50 miles east of San Diego. Seeing the falls flowing requires quite a bit of…

Kulaniapia Falls

Kulaniapia Falls is a private waterfall on the lower slopes of Mauna Kea. It’s got a short walking path that leads to the inviting plunge pool at its base. There is also a bamboo…

Salto Grande

Salto Grande was definitely the prime waterfall attraction in Torres del Paine National Park as far as we were concerned. What made this waterfall stand out to us was the force by which the…

Torres del Paine Cascades

The Torres del Paine Cascades are mountain cascades in which I’ve dedicated this page to acknowledge their quality and quantity seen during the difficult but rewarding hike…

Cascada del Rio Paine

La Cascada del Rio Paine (or more accurately Cascada del Río Paine) is really more notable for its position before the scenic Paine Massif than it is as a waterfall…

Salto Chico

Salto Chico was a small but powerful waterfall nestled beneath the luxury lodge Explora en Patagonia. What really made this falls so attractive were the gorgeous Chilean Patagonia peaks providing…