Chile 
In numbers.
Jun–Sep
Best months
111m
Elevation
The water at Laja Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from November to April.
- 3%Jan
- 4%Feb
- 5%Mar
- 15%Apr
- 48%May
- 92%Jun
- 100%Jul
- 91%Aug
- 55%Sep
- 34%Oct
- 16%Nov
- 8%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Cabreronearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Parking 190 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at CCP airport (Concepcion)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 43 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 32 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpointsMirador Saltos del Laja
- —waymarked walking routes
- 3car parks
- 1swimming spotsNatural swimming Pool
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 4bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalto del Laja 2, Salto Chico
- —caves
- 9campsitesLos Manantiales, Camping, Las Vertientes and 6 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmCabañas Parque Salto del Laja, Hotel Salto del Laja, Cabañas Doña Javiera and 5 more
- 5restaurants 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).
Towns nearby
- Cabrero20 km in a straight line
- Yumbel20 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 31 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 28 |
| Night °C | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 16 | 22 | 24 | 45 | 94 | 135 | 118 | 105 | 56 | 52 | 31 | 20 |
| Wet days | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Sun h/day | 13.2 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (111 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 83% | 23% | 101% | 124% | 60% | 238% | 128% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 6% | 12% |
| 2021 | 125% | 4% | 12% | 44% | 80% | 51% | 27% | 62% | 35% | 14% | 6% | 4% |
| 2022 | 44% | 17% | 24% | 148% | 38% | 60% | 68% | 53% | 12% | 31% | 22% | 15% |
| 2023 | 23% | 0% | 18% | 50% | 58% | 87% | 103% | 88% | 150% | 46% | 75% | 12% |
| 2024 | 0% | 1% | 114% | 116% | 65% | 148% | 4% | 23% | 120% | 44% | 49% | 6% |
| 2025 | 7% | 4% | 163% | 117% | 81% | 139% | 69% | 46% | 70% | 25% | 9% | 52% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Laja Falls
Chile
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q391146) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| 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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