Bolivia Waterfall UNESCO World Heritage
Federico Ahlfeld Falls
One of the waterfalls of Bolivia.
In numbers.
13m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
211m
Elevation
The water at Federico Ahlfeld Falls, month by month
It roars from January to March.
The fullest months: from January to March. The thinnest: from June to October.
- 26 m³/sJan
- 29 m³/sFeb
- 28 m³/sMar
- 18 m³/sApr
- 10.0 m³/sMay
- 5.0 m³/sJun
- 3.6 m³/sJul
- 3.5 m³/sAug
- 4.5 m³/sSep
- 9.4 m³/sOct
- 15 m³/sNov
- 22 m³/sDec
From about 3.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 29 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Bolivia
Federico Ahlfeld Falls is a waterfall in Bolivia. It lies within Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 152 km in a straight lineCar hire in SucreDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 47 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 114 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmCatarata Arcoiris
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 29 |
| Night °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 233 | 253 | 228 | 109 | 56 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 48 | 127 | 172 | 226 |
| Wet days | 27 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 26 |
| Sun h/day | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 84% | 148% | 15% | 51% | 41% | 45% | 36% | 217% | 35% | 90% | 65% | 76% |
| 2021 | 88% | 54% | 108% | 96% | 23% | 168% | 541% | 50% | 63% | 26% | 188% | 183% |
| 2022 | 139% | 108% | 77% | 28% | 105% | 1,118% | 2,226% | 184% | 182% | 122% | 94% | 163% |
| 2023 | 89% | 54% | 88% | 43% | 62% | 116% | 0% | 12% | 43% | 64% | 50% | 58% |
| 2024 | 88% | 58% | 38% | 74% | 19% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 24% | 83% | 72% |
| 2025 | 103% | 76% | 50% | 54% | 59% | 182% | 0% | 26% | 68% | 23% | 50% | 60% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Federico Ahlfeld Falls
Bolivia
- —Height
- 13 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q8342789) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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