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Kaieteur Falls

on Apr 12, 2012 in Guyana, South America | 0 comments

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Kaieteur Falls is a high-volume waterfall on the Potaro River in central Guyana. It is 226 meters (741 ft) high.

Kaieteur Falls is about five times higher than the more well known Niagara Falls and about two times the height of the Victoria Falls located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa.

Kaieteur Falls is a major tourist attraction in Guyana. The falls is located in Kaieteur National Park and is in the centre of Guyana’s rainforest. There are frequent flights between the falls’ airstrip and Ogle Airport and Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown.

Location: Google Maps, Kaieteur National Park, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana

Official Website.

Sources: Wikipedia, thenexus/flickr, globetrodden/flickr

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