Waterfalls

Plateaus, caves, and waterfalls in Bahia’s interior. Chapada Diamantina is Brazil’s hiking playground.

Famous bridge over the Neretva, old bazaars, and nearby waterfalls and villages.

Terraced turquoise lakes linked by waterfalls and wooden walkways. Plitvice is a UNESCO park that feels like a fairy tale.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica — a north-coast resort town built around Dunn's River Falls, where visitors climb hand-in-hand up a living, terraced waterfall straight into the Caribbean Sea.

A valley of 72 waterfalls under sheer cliffs. Lauterbrunnen is Swiss postcard land.

Smoke that thunders from the Zambian side, with microlight flights and devil's pool.

Sheer cliffs dropping into dark water, waterfalls spilling from clouds, and deep green valleys. Fiordland is one of New Zealand’s wildest landscapes.

Angel Falls & Canaima, Venezuela — world's highest waterfall plunging from a tepui in the Gran Sabana.

Long glacial lakes lined with wineries, waterfalls, and small towns in upstate New York.

Layered blue ridges, misty mornings, and dense forests. The Smokies are all about rolling mountains and quiet valleys.

The Nile squeezed through a narrow gorge. Murchison is big game and dramatic water.

Yosemite Valley, USA — el Capitan, Half Dome, and waterfalls in a granite cathedral.

Kalandula Falls, Angola — one of Africa's largest waterfalls, a 105-meter curtain of water thundering over the Lucala River through untouched savanna.

Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda — nile squeezing through a narrow gorge and savanna game drives.

Waterfalls, blowholes, and beach fales. Upolu is the main island.

Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic — whale-watching in winter, palm-fringed beaches, and waterfalls inland.

Green city with bridges, food carts, and waterfalls just east in the gorge.

Steep valley of waterfalls and alpine meadows under big cliffs.

Fouta Djallon Highlands, Guinea — a green, misty plateau of waterfalls, canyons, and Fulani herding villages that gives rise to the Niger, Gambia, and Senegal rivers.

Horseshoe Falls and Clifton Hill from the Ontario shore.

Cataracts in the jungle. Iguazú is raw power and rainbows.

One of the world's highest single-drop falls in the jungle. Kaieteur is raw and remote.

Lake Tana monasteries and Blue Nile Falls nearby. Bahir Dar is lakeside Ethiopia.

Milford Sound, New Zealand — fiord of sheer cliffs and waterfalls in Fiordland, reached by road or flight.