The Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls List was where Julie and I had to really work hard to come up with a legitimate list given the concentration of some of Europe’s finest waterfalls, especially within the famous Swiss Alps. Further adding to the usefulness of this list, we also show you how to visit each entry on this list.

We’re well aware of the fact that we still have more Swiss Waterfalls to check out on our bucket list despite the handful of times we’ve crossed into its borders to go chase waterfalls.

Since we only make these lists based on our own personal experiences, we know they can change with more experiences that we collect. Therefore, these living lists can easily look different the next time you may stumble across them.

That said, even within our limited survey, this was still a very competitive list as evidenced by the snubs that just didn’t make (many of which were once on this list in the past), such as Giessbach Falls, Cascata di Bignasco, Saut du Doubs, and Cascade de la Pissevache among others.

In any case, we had a lot of fun reliving our Swiss experiences given the surreal scenery that I’d argue is some of the best Nature to be found in Europe. Case in point, in addition to this top 10 list, you can also check out our full survey of waterfalls in Switzerland, including those that didn’t make this list.

So without further ado, we present our favorite Swiss waterfalls in reverse order…

#10 WASSERFALL TURTMANN

Valais Canton, Switzerland

This somewhat out-of-the-way waterfall was expected to be a brief stopover on our way to the famous Zermatt and the Matterhorn Mountain.

What we wound up doing was lingering a bit longer than expected to explore this 42m plunging waterfall beneath the hanging Turtmannertal Valley.

Even though it was impressive and easy-to-access, this rather surprisingly concealed and hidden feature in the south of Switzerland still felt like we stumbled upon something obscure.

The fact that something like this can be so unheralded (it wasn’t even well-signed within the town of Turtmann) says something about the quality of waterfalls to be found in Switzerland.

Indeed, it’s that understated nature of this waterfall that compelled me to just squeeze this entry into our very competitive Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls List.

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#9 CASCATA DI FOROGLIO

Ticino Canton, Switzerland

For the longest time (since the early 2000s), literature about this waterfall eluded us due to a mislabeling on a Webshots Screensaver.

Our breakthrough didn’t come until we finally managed to hone in on the Valle Maggia, where the description about a waterfall there seemed plausible as the one we had tried to identify all this time.

Our time finally came during an Italy trip in 2013 where we went into the Italian part of the Swiss Alps and finally saw this place with our own eyes.

Further adding to the experience, we also checked out the charming little stone village right next to this 80m waterfall.

Maybe next time I might attempt to go higher up the opposite side of the valley (an unsanctioned scramble) to reproduce the webshots image etched in our minds. But until then, this waterfall satisfied us enough to place it on our Top 10 List of Best Switzerland Waterfalls.

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#8 IFFIGFALL

Bern Canton, Switzerland

This gushing yet tall waterfall was said to be the greater Simmental Valley’s most impressive one.

Dropping anywhere from 70-100m (depending on which source you believe), as you can see from the photo above, sometimes numbers simply don’t do it justice.

Experienced by a pretty straightforward loop hike through farmlands, there was the option to go up to the Iffigenalp to get a sense of how such a waterfall could possess such volume.

Indeed, waterfalls this tall don’t generally have that kind of volume, and that combination alone made this waterfall stand out to me.

Thus, I had to give it a spot on this Top 10 List of Best Switzerland Waterfalls.

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#7 STÄUBEN FALLS

Uri Canton, Switzerland

It’s not often that you get a giant waterfall in the Swiss Alps that’s not in the famed Berner Oberland region.

In fact, that area harbors so many such big, alpine waterfalls that they dominate this list!

Well, this particular gushing waterfall not only bucked that trend, but it also compelled us to explore the Klausen Pass area southeast of Lake Lucerne.

That said, we had to earn our visit with a bit of a moderately long walk to get up to a neighboring hamlet right in front of the falls (as you can see in the photo above).

There were also longer options to use cable cars to make for an all-downhill hike to explore the Oberalp above the falls for an even more complete experience.

So add it all up, and this waterfall’s ability to be a rival to more famous waterfalls to its west compelled me to put this on our list of Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls!

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#6 TRUMMELBACH WATERFALL (TRÜMMELBACHFÄLLE)

Bern Canton, Switzerland

Of the waterfalls on this page, this one forced us to really experience it as opposed to admire it from afar.

Indeed, the meltwaters beneath the famous Swiss peaks of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau channeled their way into narrow chasms and slots on the turbulent and loud Trümmelbach.

In fact, these slot canyons squeezed so tightly that you couldn’t even see this waterfall from Lauterbrunnen Valley!

And thus we experienced what felt like a subterranean series of ten waterfalls each possessing different characters but all producing deafening roars that reverberated throughout the chasm!

Such an experience also would have helped if the weather didn’t turn in our favor.

So add it all up and I felt it was a no-brainer to include this unique Swiss experience to our list of Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls!

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#5 MÜRRENBACH WATERFALL (MÜRRENBACHFÄLLE)

Bern Canton, Switzerland

Yet another impressive waterfall within the impossibly beautiful Lauterbrunnen Valley, this reportedly 417m tall waterfall dropped right into the valley’s southern end close to the cable car leading up to Schilthorn by Stechelberg.

Timing may have favored us when we saw it during our June 2010 visit as it possessed a pleasing width and flow that rivaled any of the other waterfalls we’ve exhibited on this page. However, we’re also aware that its flow can diminish significantly as its feeding snow pack depletes (we saw it with lower volume during our June 2025 visit).

Nonetheless, we’ve experienced this towering waterfall from a cable car, from its base, and even framed with the quieter side of Lauterbrunnen Valley.

And no matter how we sliced and diced our waterfalling experience here, it would feel like a injustice to not include this waterfall on our list of Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls. And so here it is…

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#4 REICHENBACH WATERFALL (REICHENBACHFÄLLE)

Bern Canton, Switzerland

I tend to think of this waterfall as the Sherlock Holmes Waterfall because of the various statues, plaques, and museums assocated with the fictional character.

It turned out that the waterfall was the venue of the final confrontation between the famous sleuth and his nemesis.

As for the waterfall itself, it was said to have a 250m cumulative height with a natural arch pinhole where the Reichenbach forced its way through to make for one of the more unusual waterfall shapes we’ve seen.

When we first visited here, we should have had a pretty easy experience with this waterfall aided by a funicular ride, but the winds swirled and howled, and it closed down the easy way to experience it.

So I had to do a rather long up-and-down hike to experience it the hard way, which allowed me up-close-and-personal views from just about every angle and location imaginable.

At least 15 years after that initial visit back in June 2010, we finally did do the funicular ride for a much easier experience, but the waterfall itself remained both awe-inspiring and unusual.

Indeed, considering everything that this attractive waterfall had going for it, we had no issues placing it high on our list of Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls.

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#3 ENGSTLIGEN WATERFALL (ENGSTLIGENFÄLLE)

Bern Canton, Switzerland

This was one of Switzerland’s biggest waterfalls yet it wasn’t as heralded as the other famous waterfalls on this list.

In fact, we even missed visiting this waterfall when we first visited Switzerland back in June 2010.

For many years, this was considered to be the tallest waterfall in the country, but even if it doesn’t hold that title anymore, as you can see from the picture above, it was the kind of waterfall that gave me Krimml vibes (the biggest waterfall in Austria).

There were many ways to experience this waterfall though the way we did it was to use a cable car to do a long one-way downhill hike back down to the bottom from the Engstligenalp Plateau.

We even managed to see this waterfall from afar, which gave us a greater context of its size and the sourcing snow still clinging to its backing mountains.

I still wonder how on earth we managed to miss this waterfall on our first trip, but hey, we at least got to finally experience it in June 2025.

Better late than never, right?

And based on that delayed experience, I had no problems including this beauty high up on our list of Top 10 Best Switzerland Waterfalls List!

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#2 RHINE FALLS (RHEINFALL)

Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland

Possibly the lone natural waterfall left standing on the famous Rhine River, we certainly found no shortage of ways to enjoy this powerful rush of water.

Indeed, we experienced two castles flanked on either side of the falls, climbed up an island right above the middle of the torrent, and we even spotted a rare natural arch to boot!

It could very well be one of the most famous urban waterfalls in the world (not named Niagara Falls) so we found it quite easy to experience the falls without needing our own set of wheels (though we did self-drive to it when we came back in June 2025; 15 years after our first time here).

And while we tend to associate the Rhine River with the romantic parts of Western Germany, this Swiss behemoth definitely left enough of an impression that we had to place it high up on our top 10 list of Swiss favorites.

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#1 STAUBBACH WATERFALL (STAUBBACHFÄLLE)

Bern Canton, Switzerland

Of all the waterfalls on this list, perhaps none embodied the quintessential beauty of the Swiss Alps and Lauterbrunnen Valley better than this one!

Serving as the backdrop to the picturesque namesake town, we also managed to take a short trail into an overhanging cliff ledge right behind the 297m waterfall itself!

And with such a prominent location framing the U-shaped Lauterbrunnen Valley, this waterfall managed to show up in so many of our photos that involved other waterfalls let alone other parts of this magical place.

I guess it only made sense that it had to feature so prominently in our photo albums as well as in our memories.

And word definitely got out about this place because it certainly felt like one of those international attractions as evidenced by how busy it was on our latest visit in June 2025 (15 years after our first visit).

Indeed, how could we not let this waterfall top our Top 10 List of Best Switzerland Waterfalls?

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