Saturday, September 1, 2012

Gocta falls, Peru

The following day I took another tour out to the local Gocta waterfalls. At a height of 770m it is the tallest waterfall in Peru, and among the tallest waterfalls in the world. Unfortunately it wasn't flowing much when I visited due to it being the dry season, but it was an impressive sight none the less.

Sitting at the bottom of the falls, surrounded by a shear rocky amphitheatre watching the falling water disintegrate in the wind was a nice reward after a sweaty hike from the entrance.

In the wet season it would be pretty spectacular, but it could never compete with Foz de Iguacu...

More photos here