World of Waterfalls Blog

It didn’t take long before the “trail” revealed the climb that was before us. “Oh my god,” said Julie incredulously. “We have to climb that?!?”

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 was a small but powerful waterfall nestled beneath the luxury lodge Explora en Patagonia and fronting the gorgeous Chilean Patagonia peaks.

The Fitz Roy Cascades are what I’m calling these series of mountain cascades sprinkled beneath the imposing Fitz Roy Mountains. There are actually countless lacy mountain…

El Chorrillo del Salto is actually the name for both the river and the 20m waterfall fed by the melting snow and glaciers accumulated from the Fitz Roy Massif.

Los Notros Cascade is the informal name I’m giving this little lacy cascade next to the upscale Los Notros Hotel near the world famous Perito Moreno Glacier…

The taxi driver left us and so here we were at the start of our trip in the outskirts of a town unfamiliar to us with our luggage, no rental car, a foul mood, and our trip in serious jeopardy…

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 (Kerepakupai-merú) is the consensus tallest waterfall in the world at 979m, but to reach this waterfall, we needed to go an a rainforest adventure.

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 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…

Salto Arrechea is a thin 30m waterfall that is off the beaten tourist path, especially considering its proximity to Iguazú Falls, but it requires a 5km hike.

Iguazu Falls (Iguassu Falls) is a network of 275 waterfalls over 3km wide shared between Argentina and Brazil with most of its volume over the Devil’s Throat.

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 (Búðarhálsfoss) is a wide and powerful segmented waterfall on the Þjórsá River, but accessing it required a very scary 4wd adventure in the Highlands.