Venezuela Waterfall UNESCO World Heritage
Pacheco Waterfall
One of the waterfalls of Venezuela.
In numbers.
0.74m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
1,100m
Elevation
The water at Pacheco Waterfall, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August. The thinnest: from October to April.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.3 m³/sMar
- 0.5 m³/sApr
- 0.9 m³/sMay
- 1.2 m³/sJun
- 1.2 m³/sJul
- 1.0 m³/sAug
- 0.7 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.4 m³/sNov
- 0.4 m³/sDec
From about 0.31 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.2 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
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.
Pacheco Waterfall is a waterfall in Venezuela. It lies within Canaima National Park. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Getting there.
- Parking 190 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Santa Elena de Uairén Airport (SNV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at BVB airport (Boa Vista)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest 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 142 m in 3.5 km. Here the river runs about 62 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmSalto Maurak Damo
- —caves
- 1campsitesCampamento El Oasis
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmEl Oasis
- —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 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| Night °C | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 49 | 38 | 40 | 121 | 249 | 290 | 239 | 200 | 102 | 69 | 83 | 65 |
| Wet days | 11 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,100 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 | 41% | 12% | 117% | 36% | 69% | 137% | 87% | 176% | 107% | 36% | 217% | 76% |
| 2021 | 132% | 48% | 301% | 108% | 98% | 78% | 115% | 187% | 94% | 218% | 96% | 313% |
| 2022 | 124% | 157% | 422% | 119% | 83% | 120% | 126% | 74% | 83% | 188% | 289% | 197% |
| 2023 | 108% | 102% | 58% | 129% | 89% | 51% | 102% | 38% | 5% | 57% | 13% | 29% |
| 2024 | 12% | 11% | 37% | 51% | 99% | 81% | 84% | 55% | 26% | 22% | 20% | 33% |
| 2025 | 42% | 64% | 118% | 80% | 80% | 77% | 133% | 39% | 13% | 164% | 40% | 22% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Pacheco Waterfall
Venezuela
- —Height
- 0.74 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6117539) · 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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