In short, a major waterfall is likely to be the center-point of any holiday journey. The joy is that while you can travel to Zimbabwe or Zambia to see Victoria Falls for yourself, you can also find epic alternatives on every continent — a happy consequence of the waterfall’s ordinariness.

The following selection of watery wonders includes some of the global classics, but also less eulogized natural marvels a little closer to home…

Read the article “The World’s Best Waterfalls — and How to See Them” on telegraph.co.uk.