Showing posts with label waterfalls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waterfalls. Show all posts

Kaieteur Falls Kaieteur National Park Guyana

Kaieteur Falls is a waterfall located in Kaieteur National Park on the Potaro River Guyana. This is one of the major  is a major tourist attraction in Guyana with falls much higher than Niagara and Victoria. According to the World Waterfall Database it is 123rd tallest single drop waterfall in the world. Kaieteur Falls also have the record of 26th most scenic waterfall in the world.

Kaieteur National Park is also located in Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. The park was created to preserve the natural scenery and its fauna and flora. The visitors of the Kaieteur Falls can also visit the National Park before leaving Guyana. 


Kaieteur Falls Guyana
Kaieteur Falls Guyana

Kaieteur National Park Kaieteur Falls Guyana 
Kaieteur National Park Kaieteur Falls Guyana

Beautiful Scenic Waterfall Kaieteur Falls Guyana 
Beautiful Scenic Waterfall Kaieteur Falls Guyana

Victoria Falls Africa

Victoria Falls is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. On the basis of width and height the waterfall is classified as world's largest with largest sheet of falling water. There are two islands on the crest of the falls that are large enough to divide the curtain of water even at full flood - Boaruka Island and Livingstone Island. It is also listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Victoria Falls Africa
Victoria Falls Africa

Victoria Falls Zambia Zimbabwe South Africa

Victoria Falls Zambia Zimbabwe South Africa
Worlds Largest Waterfalls Victoria Falls Africa

Victoria Falls World's Largest Waterfall
Victoria Falls Worlds Largest Waterfall

Horsetail Falls California

Horsetail Falls is located in Yosemite National Park in California. It is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. The unique feature of the Horsetail Falls is that the fall glows orange and red color of the setting sun during the period February. This is a natural phenomenon, because of this magic of nature the Horsetail falls are also known as Firefall.  It is a beautiful scenery that attracts public to this place.  

Horsetail Falls California
Horsetail Falls California


Yosemite National Park Horsetail Falls 
Horsetail Falls Yosemite National Park California


Yosemite National Park Horsetail Falls


 Horsetail Fall California Yosemite National Park
Horsetail Fall California Yosemite National Park


Ban Gioc–Detian Falls China

Ban Gioc–Detian Falls are two waterfalls on the Quay Son River, located in the Karst hills of Daxin County, Guangxi Chinese side. During the summer rains the two waterfalls may join together and provides a beautiful view to the tourists.  It is currently the 4th largest waterfall along a national border, after Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls, and Niagara Falls. 

Ban Gioc-Detian Falls China
Ban Gioc-Detian Falls China

Ban Gioc-Detian Falls Daxin County

Ban Gioc–Detian Falls 
Ban Gioc–Detian Falls


Pearl Shoal Waterfalls China

Pearl Shoal Waterfall is a famous falls located in the country of China.  The waterfall exists on one of the tributaries of the Bailong Jiang or the White Dragon River .  It has a fall of 40 metres. It is one of the most visited natural attractions in China.


Pearl Shoal Waterfalls China
Pearl Shoal Waterfall China


Beautiful Natural Pearl Shoal Falls China
Beautiful Pearl Shoal Waterfall China

Pearl Shoal Waterfall

China Pearl Shoal Falls

Iguazu Falls Brazil Argentina

Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Brazil and Argentina. The river flows through Brazil, although most of the falls are on the Argentine side. The Iguazu River forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil. The Falls was announced as one of the seven winners of the New Seven Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation.

The Iguazu Falls has a story behind, its legend says that,  once a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipi, who fled with her lover Taroba in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. 


Beautiful Iguazu Falls 
Iguazu Falls Brazil Argentina


Iguazu Water Falls Brazil Argentina


Iguazu Falls Natural Waterfalls Brazil and Argentina
Iguazu Natural Falls Brazil Argentina


Iguazu Falls Seven Wonders of Nature


Iguazu Falls Brazil and Argentina
Beautiful Natural Water Falls Iguazu Brazil Argentina

Natural Water Falls Iguazu Brazil Argentina


Iguazu Falls One of the Seven Natural Wonders
Iguazu Falls

Dunn's River Falls Jamaica

Dunn's River Falls is a famous waterfall near Ocho Rios, Jamaica which attracts major Caribbean Tourist. The waterfalls are terraced like giant natural stairs though some incorporate man-made improvements. It consist of several small lagoons that are interspersed among the vertical sections of the falls. The falls empty into the Caribbean Sea at the western end of an attractive white-sand beach.

Climbing the waterfalls is a popular tourist activity and is performed with the help of tour guides.  The falls are bordered by lush, green vegetation that shades the area from the sun and keeps the area cool.  Dunn’s River Falls are fed by spring water and is rich with calcium carbonate. It is one of the very few travertine waterfalls in the world that empties directly into the sea.

Dunn's River Falls Jamaica 
Dunn's River Falls Ocho Rios Jamaica

Dunns River Natural Stairs Waterfalls Jamaica tourist chain to climb


River Dunn's Falls Filled with Tourist Jamaica 
Dunn's River Falls Jamaica


River Dunn's Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Jamaica Natural Waterfalls Dunn's River

Dunn's River Falls Ocho Rios


Beautiful Waterfalls in Dunn's River Jamaica
Beautiful Waterfalls of River Dunn's Jamaica

Dunn's River Falls Jamaica Tourist Destination



Shiraito Falls Japan

Shiraito Falls is a waterfall in Fujinomiya,  near Mount Fuji, Japan.   It is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected as a Japanese Natural Monument.

The Shiraito Falls is listed as one of the "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.  It is also selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan. In 2013 the waterfall was added to the World Heritage List as part of the Fujisan Cultural Site.

Shiraito Falls Japan

Shiraito Falls Fujinomiya Japan

Shiraito Water Falls near Mount Fuji Japan

Shiraito waterfalls Fujinomiya Mount Fuji Japan


Lewis River Waterfalls United States

Lewis River is a tributary of the Columbia River, lies in the southwest of  Washington in the United States.  It flows generally southwest through Gifford Pinchot National Forest.  The river gets its water from Mount Adams.

 Lewis River Waterfalls Washington United States
Lewis River Waterfalls United States

Lower Lewis River Waterfalls United States
Lower Lewis River Waterfalls Washington United States


Lower Lewis River Waterfalls Washington

Lower Lewis River Waterfalls Washington
Lower Lewis River Waterfalls Washington US

Niagara Falls New York and Canada

Niagara Falls  is the collective name for three waterfalls - the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls.  It lies in the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power.

Niagara Water Falls Reflects Blue as Sky Canada

Niagara Falls


Niagara Water Falls Canada

Niagara Water Falls Canada

Niagara Water Falls New York

Beautiful Niagara Water Falls

Beautiful Niagara Water Falls filled with Tourists

Niagara Water Falls

Niagara Water Falls

Niagara Water Falls


Seljalandsfoss Waterfalls Iceland

Seljalandsfoss is one of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland. Seljalandsfoss is situated in between Selfoss and Skogafoss in Iceland. It is very picturesque and is possible to go behind the waterfall.


Beautiful Natural Wonder Seljalandsfoss Waterfalls of Iceland

Seljalandsfoss Waterfalls Iceland


Seljalandsfoss Waterfalls Iceland Behind the Waterfalls

Beautiful Waterfalls Iceland Seljalandsfoss

Seljalandsfoss Waterfalls Iceland


Seljalandsfoss Natural Waterfalls Iceland 

Seljalandsfoss Natural Waterfalls Iceland


Seljalandsfoss Natural Waterfalls Iceland for Facebook Coverpages

Seljalandsfoss Natural Waterfalls Iceland Facebook Coverpages