Archives: Waterfalls
Healy Pass Waterfall
The Healy Pass Waterfall was really a waterfall lover’s excuse to cut through the inner heart of the Ring of Beara Peninsula, featuring panoramic views.
Gleninchaquin Waterfall
The Gleninchaquin Waterfall is one of the taller waterfalls in Ireland, and it’s arguably the most impressive one in the rugged Ring of Beara Peninsula.
Torc Waterfall
Torc Waterfall in Killarney National Park is perhaps the most famous waterfall in the Ring of Kerry, one of the rugged peninsulas in the west of Ireland.
Mahon Falls
Mahon Falls (Eas na Machan in Irish Gaelic) is a waterfall off the so-called Magic Road in the Comeragh Mountains not far west of the city of Waterford.
Carrawaystick Waterfall
The Carrawaystick Waterfall is a giant, tumbling waterfall in the remote Glenmalure Valley east of Lungnaquilla, the highest point in the Wicklow Mountains.
Poulanass Waterfall
The Poulanass Waterfall is a waterfall lover’s excuse to delve deeper into the Glendalough Valley and its 6th century heritage of early monastic settlement.
Glenmacnass Waterfall
Glenmacnass Waterfall is a somewhat large cascade on the River Glenmacnass easily seen from the Old Military Road in the Wicklow Mountains near Dublin.
Powerscourt Waterfall
The Powerscourt Waterfall is said to be one of Ireland’s tallest permanent waterfalls, which is privately owned as part of the Powerscourt Estate.
St Nectan’s Waterfall
St Nectan’s Waterfall features a natural bridge half-way down its 60ft drop, and it’s the main feature of the lush St Nectan’s Glen near Tintagel Castle.
Merlin’s Cave Waterfall
“Merlin’s Cave Waterfall” spills into Tintagel Haven and beach (low tide) surrounded by sea caves, high bridges, sea views, and the Tintagel Castle ruins.
Whitelady Waterfall
The Whitelady Waterfall is actually one of two paid areas (Devil’s Cauldron is the other) involving featured attractions of the Lydford Gorge National Trust.
Spekes Mill Mouth Waterfall
Spekes’ Mill Mouth Waterfall is a coastal waterfall near Hartland Quary that I’d argue could very well be the most impressive and scenic one in Devon County.
St Audries Bay Waterfall
St Audries Bay Waterfall is a picturesque, low-tide accessible waterfall in the South West of England situated in Somerset facing the Bristol Channel.
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.
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.
Salto da Farinha
Salto da Farinha is a free-leaping waterfall (as the name would suggest) .
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.