Gocta
waterfall
As we were on the
road and getting closer to the Gocta waterfall, it was just
natural to take the tour up the twisting narrow unpaved road to
the viewing poing where we could see more or less the total fall.
At the time of the discovery, Ziemendorff successfully persuaded
the Peruvian government to map the falls and to measure their
height. On 11 March 2006, following his third expedition to the
falls, he held a press conference, the contents of which were
published by several of the world's wire services. He stated that
the total height was measured at 771 metres, which ranked Gocta
as the third-tallest free-leaping waterfall in the world after
Angel Falls in Venezuela and Tugela Falls in South Africa.
However, this was apparently based on outdated and incomplete
information gleaned from the National Geographic Society, and
Ziemendorff's comments as to the waterfalls' ranking have since
been widely disputed. Citing various reference books, and
webpages accessible through Google, Gocta Cataracts are
unofficially listed as the world's fifth-tallest, after adding
Ramnefjellsfossen and Mongefossen (both Norway). The World
Waterfall Database ranks Gocta as the 16th tallest. The
waterfall, which can be seen from several kilometers away, has
been christened Gocta Falls, after the name of the nearest
settlement.
Click on the pictues to have a larger
version - panoramic available
| Rough unpaved road towards the goal |
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| We reached it - and it's impressive
size here - 5th largest in the world |
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| Various view on the way down |
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| Unfinished hotel, the man died
before it was finished and nobody are interested in
buying it |
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