Angel Falls

Angel Falls in full flow, plunging off the sheer wall of Auyan-tepui in Venezuela's Canaima National Park. It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a total drop of about 979 m and a single free plunge of roughly 807 m from the lip of the plateau, so long that much of the water turns to mist before it lands. Getting here is the adventure: fly to Canaima, then travel upriver by boat through the jungle. Time it for the wet season, with October often cited as its most dramatic month. Around March, at the height of the dry season, the fall can shrink to a trickle.