World of Waterfalls Blog

Choshi Waterfall (飛騨・銚子の滝; Hida Choshi-no-taki) is a 25m waterfall near the Hida Great Limestone Cave whose shape apparently resembles that of a sake bottle.

Kuwanoki Waterfall (桑ノ木の滝; Kuwanoki-no-taki or Kuwanoki Falls) is a serene waterfall near Shingu in the Wakayama-ken said to be named after mulberry trees.

Sasa Waterfall (笹の滝) plunges 32m on a tributary of the Taki River that is among Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls according to the Ministry of the Environment.

Fudonanae Waterfall (不動七重の滝; Fudonanae-no-taki or Fudo 7 Falls) is a remote series of waterfalls in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park in the Nara Prefecture.

Abe Waterfall (安倍の大滝; Abe-no-otaki or Abe Great Falls) is a giant 80m single-plunge waterfall accessed via 3 suspension bridges and cascades along the way.

I wondered if maybe I had scraped the underside of the car and something got loose and started scraping the road, or if I had gotten a flat. Well, when…

Los Penasquitos Falls is a small, cascading waterfall known for its neighboring boulder formations in a wide open valley surrounded by suburban developments

Upper Zuma Falls could very well sit on our Top 10 Southern California Waterfalls list if not for its unreliable flow meaning you’ll need to time your visit

After being done with the meal, Mom, Dad, and I parted ways after giving each other big hugs (I’m always feeling the need to cherish these moments these…

One, I asked whether they were all volunteers, which they confirmed, and it also made me a bit worried about how unsustainable this arrangement could be…

Some people apparently put some flimsy logs to try to make this traverse without getting wet, but I knew that with Mom and I, we weren’t agile spring…

Julie had the most difficulty making her way down while Tahia seemed to make it down no problem though she too took quite a bit of time to figure out how…

Whitney Canyon Falls can be fun and scary since it requires a rough scramble to climb up its cascading tiers. It starts with an on-trail hike near Newhall.

The scrambling already made us uncomfortable, and Julie didn’t want to do it, but Tahia already raced ahead and followed the scrambling path up the lower…

…we skirted around and down the familiar scrambling paths at the start, there was one dicey sit-and-scoot obstacle that Tahia had already descended…

In this Gaia GPS vs All Trails comparison, I leverage my experiences to go deep into these GPS hiking phone apps to see which one is better.

It was only upon closer inspection as we got further down the Old Cabin Trail that we noticed there was a yellow and blue chopper hovering over the mouth…

Why use a GoPro Waterproof Case on HERO cameras? I provide 4 reasons why I do it even though GoPro claims they’re waterproof out-of-the-box!

I reminded Mom of how Tahia cried at certain parts of this hike when we last did this 3 years ago, and I guess now Mom understood at this point why Julie…

Following this trail a little further, I then got to what appeared to be another crossing leading to what seemed to be a ledge trail on the correct side…