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The World’s 100 Best Waterfalls

Niagara Falls

Ontario and New York, Canada

  1. THE WORLD’S BEST WATERFALLS WORTH A JOURNEY · 2026 ✦ ✦ N° 15 2026
Niagara Falls

Three falls on the Niagara River, with Horseshoe Falls the largest, drop over a gorge in a constant mist and rainbows. Visitors reach them from the Canadian and American sides of the border, by car or on foot across the Rainbow Bridge.

Highlights

  • Horseshoe Falls, 51 metres
  • Maid of the Mist boat
  • Mist and rainbows

Good to know

  • Parking is difficult and expensive
  • Long queues for Maid of the Mist
  • Spray drenches the boat and Cave of the Winds

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