The waterfalls of Romania are mostly mountain falls: they drop from glacial hanging valleys in the Făgăraș and Rodna mountains, over limestone steps in the Apuseni and the Banat, or over volcanic rock ledges in Maramureș and Harghita. The highest are not necessarily the most spectacular; many of the most photographed are small falls with water all year round, over moss-covered tufa. The flow depends a lot on the season: in spring, with the snowmelt, they are in full force, and by late summer some nearly dry up.
Bâlea Waterfall, on the Transfăgărășan, and Cailor Waterfall in the Rodna Mountains are among the highest in the country. In the Banat, Bigăr Waterfall and Beușnița Waterfall are tufa falls, with curtains of water over moss, while in the Apuseni Vălul Miresei Waterfall lies at the end of an easy trail from Răchițele. In the Bucegi, Urlătoarea Waterfall is a short walk from Bușteni.
Top 100A roughly 90 m waterfall that drops in several tiers down a limestone wall in the Rodna Mountains, above the resort of Borșa; reached by chairlift and a short forest walk.
Top 100The moss-covered tufa waterfall in the Miniș gorge, exactly on the 45th parallel and once famous worldwide; it partly collapsed in 2021 and is regenerating naturally, a few steps from the DN57B road.
A 25 m, two-tier waterfall on the Rupturi stream, in the forests below Toaca peak in Ceahlău National Park; reached on foot from the Durău resort in about two hours.
A waterfall of about 15 m, split by a rock into two streams, in the Nucșoara valley in the north of Retezat National Park; a 15–20 minute walk from Cârnic.
A narrow limestone gorge in the Piatra Mare Mountains near Brașov, with seven rock steps climbed on metal ladders and walkways; at the top you can ride a zip line back down.
Top 100Romania's biggest tiered waterfall, dropping about 60 m over the lower step of the Bâlea cirque in the Făgăraș Mountains; an hour's walk up from the Bâlea Cascadă chalet on the Transfăgărășan.
Top 100A moss-clad tufa waterfall whose water fans out in dozens of threads over green steps, in the beech forest of the Cheile Nerei–Beușnița National Park, an hour's walk beyond Ochiul Beiului Lake.
A waterfall of about 80 m on the Bohodei stream, below the peak of the same name, regarded as the tallest in the Apuseni Mountains; reached on a demanding loop from Pietroasa with chain-equipped rock sections.
A waterfall of about 40 m on the Capra stream, right beside the Transfăgărășan on the southern side of the Făgăraș Mountains, at 1,690 m; you see it from the bridge, without any hiking.
A waterfall on the rock step at the head of the Jepi valley, below the Caraiman chalet in the Bucegi; it only flows in full in late spring and early summer, hence its nickname of the ‘ghost waterfall’.
A waterfall of about 8 m dropping over a sandstone ledge in a wooded gorge of the Cașoca Valley, near Lake Siriu; also known as the Pruncea Waterfall, it can be reached by car almost to its foot.
A 20–30 m waterfall in the Cormaia Valley, at the foot of the Rodna Mountains near Sângeorz-Băi; a built path of about 1 km, with steps, footbridges and chains, climbs alongside its tiers.
A thermal waterfall that never freezes, spilling over a moss-covered travertine wall, a quarter of an hour's walk from the centre of the Geoagiu-Băi spa resort.
A multi-tiered waterfall on the Iad Valley, tumbling between huge boulders right beside the road from Stâna de Vale to Lake Leșu; you see it from a metal viewing platform or from below, by the water.
A waterfall of about 30 m in Cozia National Park, where the stream bursts out of a tunnel cut through the rock; reached on foot along a gentle forest road through the Lotrișor Gorge.
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