World Famous

Yosemite Falls

USA

North America's tallest waterfall: 739 m in three tiers down a granite wall in Yosemite Valley. Fed by snowmelt, so it thunders in May and is often a dry stain on the rock by late summer.

European Alternative

Vøringsfossen

Norway

182 m of water dropping off the edge of the Hardangervidda plateau into the Måbødalen canyon, with a stepped footbridge across the gorge that puts you directly above the spray and the rainbows. Fed by mountain rivers, so it runs all summer.

“Yosemite Falls peaks with the snowmelt and is often dry by the time the summer holidays start”