World of Waterfalls Blog

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.

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 (Háifoss) was once the 2nd tallest waterfall in Iceland at 122m, but it’s the surroundings with a companion waterfall that really made it special.

Hjalparfoss (‘Help Falls’) is a unique, easy-to-visit, double waterfall that joined at its base into a very large plunge pool surrounded by lava formations.

Thjofafoss (Þjófafoss) is a wide and milky waterfall on the Þjórsá River beneath Mt Búrfell. The ‘Thieves Falls’ was an apparent drowning pool for theft crimes.

Gjarfoss and the Gjain Waterfalls (or Gjárfoss and the Gjáin Waterfalls) were our excuses to visit a lush yet geologically active area near the Stöng Farm.

The waterfalls on the Skoga River are so numerous that it was almost overwhelming to me. I counted about 26 waterfalls (23 on the river) not counting Skogafoss.

Gljufrafoss (Gljúfrafoss or Gljúfrabúi) is next to Seljalandsfoss, but it hides behind a narrow slot canyon where the we had to get wet in order to see it.

AEgissidufoss (Ægissiðufoss) was a wide waterfall on the Ytri Rangá River that I found interesting because I was able to photograph it with the active Mt Hekla.

Arbæjarfoss is one of those waterfalls I’m not sure if there’s an official way to visit it. The photograph above is the view we got when we didn’t think we would be trespassing…

Gluggafoss (Merkjárfoss) is a roadside waterfall just north of Seljalandsfoss and Gljúfrafoss as well as west of Þorsmörk. It was popular with photophers.