Limestone arches over hidden pools.
Rainforest waterfall near Badou, reached by a butterfly-filled trail.
Rainforest hike to bathing falls.
The "bridal veil" falls tumbling off the Fouta Djallon near Kindia.
Twin waterfalls in the rainforest.
Swim at night in a lagoon near Falmouth where bioluminescent plankton light up every stroke.
Three tiers of waterfalls with swimming pools in Taveuni’s rainforest national park.
Tiered turquoise falls near Luang Prabang.
Terraced cascades amid mango groves near Banfora.
A 70-metre plume into a jungle pool at the base of Arenal — 500 steps down, swim, 500 steps back.
Chain of cobalt-blue jungle pools and falls above Jacmel.
Hike a palm-lined canyon to turquoise pools, then swim through a crack in the rock into a hidden cave waterfall.
A 120-metre-wide arc of cascades into an emerald pool where locals swim and picnic all summer.
Swim with the wild pigs of Big Major Cay.
Mineral springs that have petrified into white waterfalls of stone above the Oaxaca valleys, with cliff-edge pools you can swim in.
Drop into a limestone sinkhole of crystal-clear fresh water on the Yucatan, where the Maya saw the entrance to the underworld.
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