Best Waterfalls in the World's National Parks
National parks protect not only the falls themselves but the catchment that feeds them. Trails, viewpoints, and rangers are part of the experience. Pay the entry fee — it pays for the maintenance. All ten on the map.
1. Yosemite Falls, Yosemite NP
739 m three-step cascade in California's Yosemite National Park (UNESCO).
2. Iguazú Falls, Iguazú NP
275 cascades inside Iguazú National Park (Argentina/Brazil, UNESCO).
3. Plitvice cascades, Plitvička Jezera NP
Travertine cascades in the Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia, UNESCO).
4. Victoria Falls, Mosi-oa-Tunya NP
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park (Zambia/Zimbabwe, UNESCO) — the world's largest sheet of falling water.
5. Tugela Falls, Royal Natal NP
948 m drop in the Drakensberg's Royal Natal National Park (South Africa).
6. Krimml Falls, Hohe Tauern NP
380 m three-tier in Austria's Hohe Tauern National Park — Europe's tallest national-park fall.
7. Helmcken Falls, Wells Gray NP
141 m fall in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia — Canada's fourth-tallest fall.
8. Murchison Falls, Murchison Falls NP
43 m fall on the White Nile in Uganda — the most powerful natural flow on the upper Nile, in Murchison Falls National Park.
9. Vaitanave Falls, Tahiti
Multiple falls inside Tahiti's Te Pari coastal national reserve — accessible only by hiking and boat.
10. Triglav-Triplav Falls, Triglav NP
Boka, Savica, Peričnik and others inside Slovenia's Triglav National Park.
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All of these are pinned on our interactive map.