World of Waterfalls Blog

The Poulanass Waterfall is a waterfall lover’s excuse to delve deeper into the Glendalough Valley and its 6th century heritage of early monastic settlement.

St Nectan’s Waterfall features a natural bridge half-way down its 60ft drop, and it’s the main feature of the lush St Nectan’s Glen near Tintagel Castle.

“Merlin’s Cave Waterfall” spills into Tintagel Haven and beach (low tide) surrounded by sea caves, high bridges, sea views, and the Tintagel Castle ruins.

Spekes’ Mill Mouth Waterfall is a coastal waterfall near Hartland Quary that I’d argue could very well be the most impressive and scenic one in Devon County.

The Whitelady Waterfall is actually one of two paid areas (Devil’s Cauldron is the other) involving featured attractions of the Lydford Gorge National Trust.

St Audries Bay Waterfall is a picturesque, low-tide accessible waterfall in the South West of England situated in Somerset facing the Bristol Channel.

Salto do Rosal was a tall, secluded waterfall situtated in the Jardim Jose do Canto reached by a bit of a hike from the southern shore of Lagoa das Furnas.

Salto do Cabrito (“little goat’s leap”) was a pretty easily accessible (thus popular) waterfall adjacent to a hydroelectric plant near Ribeira Grande.

The Grena Park Waterfalls (or Cascatas de Parque da Grená) are a series of at least 6 waterfalls in a paid rehabilitated nature area by Lagoa das Furnas.

Salto da Farinha is a free-leaping waterfall (as the name would suggest) .

Cascata da Ribeira Quente is a hidden yet impressive thermal waterfall that sits in a fairly quiet part of the southeast of the Azorean island of São Miguel.

Cascatas da Ribeira dos Caldeiros really consists of at least 4 waterfalls within the same park, where half of them are man-made and the other half are not.

Cascata da Ribeira Grande tends to be an overlooked waterfall primarily due to it being situated next to the famous Cascata do Poço da Ribeira do Ferreiro.

Cascata do Poco do Bacalhau (or just Poço do Bacalhau) is a tall, wispy waterfall that tends to scatter with the wind while having a swimmable plunge pool.

Poco da Ribeira do Ferreiro is perhaps Portugal’s (let alone the Azores) world class waterfall as it features multiple strands tumbling like a wall of tears.

Cascata do Aveiro is a towering waterfall on the east end of Ilha Santa Maria facing its turbulent coastline that can be a swimming hole and picnic spot.

Cascata da Baia do Raposo is an elusive waterfall tucked in one of the ravines facing the northern shore of Ilha Santa Maria of the Azores.

Cascata da Calçada dos Gigantes is a curious coastal basalt waterfall on Ilha Santa Maria that can plunge beneath a pasture or harbor frogs in its creek.

After at least three futile attempts at getting the car to stop rolling forward, we were up against that white car in front of us… hitting it was inevitable.

Penedo Furado (or Cascata do Penedo Furado) in Portugal’s geographical center is two notable waterfalls situated upstream of Praia Fluvial do Penedo Furado.