State/Province/Region: Azores Region
Salto do Rosal
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
Salto do Cabrito (“little goat’s leap”) was a pretty easily accessible (thus popular) waterfall adjacent to a hydroelectric plant near Ribeira Grande.
Cascata da Ribeira Quente
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.
Salto da Farinha
Salto da Farinha is a free-leaping waterfall (as the name would suggest) .
Cascatas da Ribeira dos Caldeiroes
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.
Grena Park Waterfalls
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.
Poco da Ribeira do Ferreiro
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 Poco do Bacalhau
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.
Cascata da Ribeira Grande
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 da Calcada dos Gigantes
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.
Cascata do Aveiro
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
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.