The tallest permanent single-drop waterfall in Australia: 268 metres straight off the escarpment from Stony Creek, into a gorge 51 kilometres west of Ingham. The pool at the base is twenty metres deep. The site sits in the Wallaman section of Girringun National Park — renamed from Lumholtz National Park in 2000 in recognition of Girringun, the ancestral creator of the Warrgamaygan, Jirrbal, Warrgamay and Girramay peoples — on the traditional lands of the Warrgamaygan, who manage the park jointly with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and the Wet Tropics Management Authority. From the wheelchair-accessible viewing platform at the top, the falls drop in a horsetail plume into the rainforest gorge below; the 800-metre Bangguruu Walk and the longer Djyinda Walk take you down toward the base. The surrounding Wet Tropics World Heritage rainforest is among the oldest on Earth, supporting cassowaries, platypus, and rare endemic plants. Camping at Wallaman Falls camping area (book via QPWS). Wet-season closures apply to the Stony Creek swimming hole; check current alerts before you go.
The camping area and the Wet Tropics Great Walk track here are closed from 8 April to 29 September 2026; the lookout and day-use area stay open through it. From the lookout car park it is 300m to the Herbert River Valley lookout, and the Djinda walk carries on from there to the base of the falls — a steep descent and climb back out on unstable surfaces, needing moderate fitness. The access road to the camping area is not suitable for trucks, buses, caravans or trailers.