Niagara Falls

Overview:

One of the most famous and beau­ti­ful water­falls on the plan­et, the majes­tic nat­ur­al won­der of Nia­gara Falls right­ly earns it’s title as the “Hon­ey­moon Cap­i­tal of the World” as the stun­ning falls that inter­sect the Amer­i­can and Cana­di­an bor­ers see’s hun­dreds of gal­lons of water a sec­ond cas­cade into the gor­geous Nia­gara Riv­er below for a tru­ly awe-inspir­ing and majes­tic sight and one of the worlds great­est nat­ur­al won­ders.  

Believed to have been formed some 12,000 years ago, Nia­gara Falls is made up of three main water­falls; the colos­sal Cana­di­an Horse­shoe falls, and the Amer­i­can and Bridal Veil Falls which sit on the Amer­i­can Side of the falls – with the water that plunges over the 200-foot drop into the Nia­gara Riv­er below serv­ing as Drink­ing water, fuelling a Hydro-pow­er gen­er­a­tor and of course being a spot for adren­a­line activ­i­ties.  

Offi­cial­ly being the sec­ond largest falls on the plan­et – behind the incred­i­ble won­der of the Vic­to­ria Falls – Nia­gara Falls is not only a hon­ey­moon hotspot but has also fea­tured in a range of tele­vi­sion and movies – with the most pop­u­lar one undoubt­ed­ly being it’s star­ring role in the US ver­sion of the tv show the office — and is eas­i­ly accessed and explored from both sides, with their being a range of walks that allow you to get up close (and wet!) to feel the pow­er of the fall, a series of stun­ning obser­va­tion points to give you panoram­ic views of the falls and of course the famous and icon­ic boat rides of the maid in the mist and voy­age beyond the falls – which allow water­proof pon­cho wear­ing explor­ers to get up close and per­son­al to tru­ly expe­ri­ence the majes­tic and nat­ur­al won­der of the world that is Nia­gara Falls.  

Where:

Nia­gara Falls is not only a stun­ning nat­ur­al won­der, but also one that is unique­ly locat­ed – as the cas­cad­ing water­fall cross­es the bor­der between Cana­da and Amer­i­can – with the two towns that bor­der the Falls on either side both being called Nia­gara Falls – known as Nia­gara Falls Ontario and Nia­gara Falls, New York.  

The water­falls that make up the won­der are more defined in terms of loca­tion, with the colos­sal and stun­ning Horse­shoe falls being locat­ed large­ly in Cana­da and the Amer­i­ca Falls and Bridal Veil Falls being found on the Amer­i­can side.  

Getting there:

Giv­en Nia­gara Falls loca­tion in two coun­tries there’s a range of option to reach it from either side.  

From the Amer­i­can Side, the most eas­i­est is to fly into the Buf­fa­lo-Nia­gara Inter­na­tion­al Air­port which is well ser­viced by reg­u­lar flights and then hop on one of the many Nia­gara Falls shut­tles from the air­port – with the Buf­fa­lo Air­port shut­tle or Nia­gara Falls Taxi both being great option to drop you off at the start of the Nia­gara Nation­al State Park.  

From the Cana­di­an Side the major air­port is the Hamil­ton Inter­na­tion­al Air­port that sits around 40 miles from Nia­gara Falls – with there again being a range of shut­tle ser­vices avail­able to fer­ry you to the Cana­di­an side of the falls straight from the air­port. Addi­tion­al­ly, from the Cana­di­an side you have the option to fly into the major hub of Toron­to at the Toron­to Pear­son Inter­na­tion­al Air­port or the John C. Munro Hamil­ton Inter­na­tion­al Air­port for which both will require a self-dri­ve trip to the falls after a day or two explor­ing Toron­to. 

For those already based with­in Amer­i­ca or Cana­da you of course have the option to self-dri­ve to the falls – which is a great and enjoy­able road trip option. For those with­out a car there are also a range of pub­lic trans­port options to get to Nia­gara Falls – with the most pop­u­lar one being a trip on Amtrak Train.  

Leav­ing from Toron­to or New York, there is offi­cial­ly no direct train to Nia­gara falls, instead you’ll need to hop on the Toron­to-New York Maple Leaf Train and wait for the train to make a brief 15 minute stop at Nia­gara Falls on it’s route to or from New York – where you can jump off at a train sta­tion just out­side Nia­gara and then make a short trek to the start of the state park that takes you to the won­der.  

For those who want a more direct yet also cheap and pub­lic trans­port route you have the option to jump on the incred­i­bly effi­cient Grey­hound ser­vice from inside either coun­try – expect fares to set you back $10 Usd and the jour­ney to be a lit­tle bit cramped but from inside either coun­try reg­u­lar ser­vices are avail­able to the towns of either Nia­gara Falls Ontario or Nia­gara Falls New York.  

Best time to Visit:

As a nat­ur­al won­der Nia­gara Falls is open and view­able year-round, but you’ll find a series of major attrac­tions – includ­ing the two famous boat tours the maid in the mist on the Amer­i­can side and the Cana­di­an Voy­age beyond the falls only oper­at­ing sea­son­al­ly dur­ing the months of May – Octo­ber.  

As you’ll find the sum­mer months – name­ly July and August a pop­u­lar time for Nia­gara Falls thanks both to the warm weath­er and the sum­mer hol­i­days, which in turn push­es up Hotel Prices around the area, we’d advise tim­ing your vis­it between the months of May – June or Sep­tem­ber – Octo­ber where you’ll be able to enjoy warm weath­er at the won­der but also get a chance to take on one or both of the icon­ic boat tours that real­ly do make a trip to Nia­gara Falls and which give you the best expe­ri­ence to explore the won­der up close.  

For those who have no oth­er option that to vis­it in the win­ter and off peak months, we’d advise wrap­ping up warm and also tim­ing your vis­it for New Years eve – when Nia­gara Falls hosts a New Years Eve part to rival that of the Famous Time Square New Years Eve cel­e­bra­tion – with a series of  epic fire­work dis­plays, music and cheer to ring in the new year.  

Explore:

As one of the great­est Water­falls – and one of the most roman­tic spots – on the plan­et, there’s no short­age of view­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties and expe­ri­ences to observe and soak in the stun­ning beau­ty of Nia­gara Falls – from both the Cana­di­an and Amer­i­can side.  

 While the falls clock in at an incred­i­ble 170 foot at its deep­est sec­tion and see’s more than 600,000 gal­lons of water a sec­ond cas­cade into the pool below at it’s most flow­ing sec­tion, Nia­gara Falls is com­mon­ly divid­ed into three dis­tinct and beau­ti­ful sec­tions; the colos­sal Cana­di­an Horse­shoe Falls (2200 foot) – and fea­tures the famous horse­shoe shape of Nia­gara, and the Amer­i­can Falls (188 foot) and Bridal Veil falls (50 foot) – which are found past a small island which is being slow­ly erod­ed away be the falls.  

With a sto­ried his­to­ry and now serv­ing far reach­ing com­mu­ni­ties with elec­tric­i­ty and water there is some­thing for every­one at the falls, whether that be get­ting up close to them on the famous boat rides, jour­ney­ing through the falls to feel their sheer pow­er or sim­ply tak­ing in this stun­ning nat­ur­al won­der from one of the view­points to wit­ness a stun­ning sun­set and night time illu­sions from either side of the falls.  

So in par­tic­u­lar­ly order the below are our top high­lights to see the won­der of Nia­gara falls on either the Cana­di­an or Amer­i­can side and some quick advice about how to see the won­der from both con­ti­nents, from an ariel view and to enjoy the incred­i­ble illu­mi­na­tions and fire­works above this stun­ning won­der.  

Canadian Side:

Found on the Ontario bor­der in Cana­da and sit­ting close to the major Cana­di­an city  of Toron­to you’ll find the major­i­ty of the colos­sal Horse­shoe falls – the major water­fall of Nia­gara nes­tled with­in Cana­da, with the Cana­di­an side also offer­ing stun­ning and panoram­ic views of the falls and giv­ing those all impor­tant beau­ty pho­to spots.  

With safe accom­mo­da­tion that gives stun­ning views of the falls the stun­ning Cana­di­an Horse­shoe falls – which plum­mets 188 foot into the Nia­gara Riv­er below, the Cana­di­an side can be explored in a num­ber of ways:  

Jour­ney Behind the Falls – an alter­na­tive to the famous maid of the mist which runs from the Amer­i­can side of the falls, Jour­ney behind the falls is a walk­a­ble attrac­tion that takes you up close and per­son­al to the Horse­shoe Falls – and lets you feel and expe­ri­ence the pow­er of the falls up close – luck­i­ly though you are pro­vid­ed with a water­proof pon­cho to pro­tect you against the falls mist.  

Tak­ing you behind the falls, the jour­ney is book­able online in advance (which we’d advise as queues do form at the tick­et office) the entire jour­ney takes around 45 min­utes and begins with an ele­va­tor ride and green screen pho­to ses­sion as you then descend to rough­ly one third of the way down the falls where you can stand behind the falls as they cas­cade down.  

From here you can take on two obser­va­tion decks – one high­er and low­er at the foot of the falls for sweep­ing views of the Horse­shoe falls and the Nia­gara Riv­er and grab incred­i­ble pho­tos of this true won­der of the world.  

Voy­age to the Falls — Horn­blow­er Cruise — The Cana­di­an equiv­a­lent of the famous Amer­i­can side Maid of the Mist boat tour, the Voy­age to the Falls cruise is a stun­ning boat expe­di­tion that takes you through the Nia­gara riv­er and right up close to the Horse­shoe falls, the Amer­i­can falls and the bridal falls – giv­ing you the chance to get as close as pos­si­ble to this won­der­ful nat­ur­al won­der.  

An equal­ly stun­ning trip to the won­der, the voy­age to the falls has one key advan­tage over the maid in the mist equiv­a­lent – it is less known and thus less busy – with tick­ets avail­able online and at the kiosks reg­u­lar­ly, and for those who wor­ry about get­ting wet you’ll be giv­en a cus­tom red water­proof pon­cho that will shield you from the worst spray of the falls – although you can still expect to get wet ! 

Offer­ing stun­ning views – and a low­er and upper deck – it’s quite com­mon to see mar­riages tak­ing place at the stern of the Voy­age to the falls boat – with the cruise offer­ing a trip up close and per­son­al to the roman­tic and beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al won­der of Nia­gara Falls.  

White Water Walk – A great spot for stun­ning panoram­ic views of the falls with­out get­ting wet, the white-water walk is the best walk at Nia­gara Falls and lets you take an ele­va­tor down to the base of the falls before you take on an hours walk along a serene board­walk to take in the same up close views offered by the jour­ney to the falls.  

A great chance to walk par­al­lel to the won­der, the white water walk also allows takes you to a series of off the beat­en track obser­va­tion points and mul­ti­ple angles on the falls, from where you can snap stun­ning pho­tos. A great place to come at sun­set or in the evening to wit­ness the beau­ty of the falls the white water walk is a real­ly great option for those who want to explore some unique spots of the falls while tak­ing a leisure­ly walk along­side the Nia­gara Riv­er.  

American Side:

Con­sid­ered the home of Nia­gara Falls, the Amer­i­can side fea­tures not just the stun­ning Amer­i­can Falls part of Nia­gara – which clocks in at 188 feet in height – but if you take a small trip across the near­by Goat Island (not home to any known Goats) you’ll also come to the small­er but stun­ning falls of Bridal Falls – with the Amer­i­can side also offer­ing a range of unique ways to explore the won­der as well as incred­i­ble view­points and beau­ti­ful explo­ration points.  

Con­sid­ered a mar­riage and hon­ey­moon hotspot, we’d advise to be care­ful when approach­ing the Amer­i­can side as some of the areas around Buf­fa­lo and the town can be unsafe, but if you keep your wits about you the Amer­i­can Side offers some unique and tru­ly stun­ning ways to see this incred­i­ble won­der:  

Cave of the Winds:  Acces­si­ble from the foot of the Amer­i­can Falls which you an find by walk­ing around Nia­gra Nation­al Park and cross­ing onto Goat Island, the Cave of the winds is an eas­i­ly accessed and tru­ly awe-inspir­ing expe­ri­ence – as you descend an ele­va­tor some 200 feet down and walk through the caves of the Falls to the base of the Bridal Veil Falls.  

From here it’s a wet expe­ri­ence! – so be sure to bring a water­proof pon­cho as you take a board­walk right up and close to the Bridal Veil Falls where you can feel and hear the immense pow­er of the small­est of the big three falls of Nia­gara come crash­ing down.  

As you jour­ney along the board­walk you’ll come to one of the most stun­ning view­ing spots in the whole of Nia­gara – the Hur­ri­cane Deck of Cave of the winds – a unique plat­form from where you can feel the spray of the falls on your face– it’s a tru­ly mag­i­cal and albeit timed spot – and one we’d rec­om­mend book­ing in advance for and bring­ing your cam­era for an up close and per­son­al expe­ri­ence of the won­der of the world.   

Nia­gara Falls Obser­va­tion Tow­er  - A pre­mi­um spot for pho­tos and sweep­ing views of the won­der, the Nia­gara Falls Obser­va­tion Tow­er is the only place around the falls from where you can get panoram­ic views of all threes cas­cad­ing down into the Nia­gara Riv­er below – a tru­ly mag­i­cal spot.   

Along­side offer­ing panoram­ic views, the Obser­va­tion Towe is also an archi­tec­tur­al feat, as it extends out over the Gorge of Nia­gara to allow vis­i­tors to tru­ly expe­ri­ence an unpar­al­leled view and get a par­al­lel view of the won­der. You will have to climb a cou­ple of stairs to move through the com­plex but it’s well worth it for the stun­ning views and chance to stand above the falls with the won­der in front of you. Along­side this, the Obser­va­tion Tow­er also the entrance point for the most famous of Niagra’s attrac­tions, the incred­i­ble Maid of the Mist Tour.   

Maid of the Mist – Oper­at­ing sea­son­al­ly between May – Octo­ber the maid of the mist is the icon­ic expe­ri­ence at Nia­gara Falls and is a stun­ning boat ride that takes you from the obser­va­tion point across the Nia­gara Riv­er up close and per­son­al to all three of the stun­ning falls of Nia­gara — for a tru­ly unfor­get­table expe­ri­ence.  

Last­ing approx­i­mate­ly 30 min­utes, explor­ers will board the boat and be giv­en a com­pli­men­ta­ry and much need­ed blue water­proof pon­cho and then set sail towards the falls in front of you – which come clos­er and close to view as you cross the rivers of Nia­gara. As you head towards the won­der, you’ll begin to expe­ri­ence the pow­er of the falls as the boat begins to rock from side to side and you feel the spray of the falls against your face.  

A unique yet pop­u­lar spot for wed­dings – espe­cial­ly thanks to the promi­nence gained in the tv show the Amer­i­can Office – the Maid in the Mist is the longest run­ning boat tour at Nia­gara since 1846, and still retains its unique charm offer­ing explor­ers a chance to get tru­ly per­son­al with the falls and expe­ri­ence the immense pow­er of this incred­i­ble won­der up close – def­i­nite­ly one not to be missed at Nia­gara! 

 Nia­gara Falls State Park – Offi­cial­ly America’s old­est state park, Nia­gara Falls state park is a unique spot in itself as well as serv­ing as the entrance point to falls from the Amer­i­can side.  

Offer­ing some charm­ing greens scenery, we’d advise to put aside some time at the park to walk along the boule­vard that sur­rounds the edge of the park from where you can snap some stun­ning pho­tos of the falls from a dis­tance – as well as tak­ing on a bik­ing trail around the park where you can feel and expe­ri­ence the excim­tent of the falls as you jour­ney round the park.  

The entrance point for the Amer­i­can high­lights, includ­ing the obser­va­tion tow­er the park also fea­tures a series of tra­di­tion­al Amer­i­can attrac­tions includ­ing a fer­ris wheel and a cin­e­ma, but per­haps most impor­tant­ly it’s a great spot to come in the evening to see the illu­mi­na­tion and fire­works of Nia­gara Falls in the evening.  

From Either side: 

While each side of Nia­gara Falls offers stun­ning views and a chance to get up close and per­son­al with the falls, there is also a range of activ­i­ties avail­able from either side and between them – which can offer both unique oppor­tu­ni­ties to expe­ri­ence the won­der and a great chance to see an incred­i­ble won­der of the world from and between two coun­tries: 

See the falls at night: Start­ing with an over­look attrac­tion of the falls, you’ll find Nia­gara Falls lit up with an impres­sive light show every sin­gle day of the year between 9pm and mid­night dur­ing sum­mer and between 8pm and 2am dur­ing win­ter – with hun­dreds of LED lights com­ing togeth­er to cre­ate a tru­ly stun­ning spec­ta­cle that illu­mi­nates the won­der.  

Often illu­mi­nat­ed in the shape of polit­i­cal or char­i­ta­ble caus­es, the lights are eas­i­ly viewed from the nation­al parks – or from hotels based in the town of Nia­gara on the Cana­di­an side and offer a great way to view and pho­to­graph the beau­ty of the won­der against the back­drop of the sparkling evening moon.  

Fire­works: Along­side the illu­mi­na­tion Nia­gara Falls is also home to a night­ly sum­mer­time fire­work spec­tac­u­lar – where dur­ing every evening between June – Octo­ber the night sky over Nia­gara lights up for 15 min­utes with an incred­i­ble free fire­work show.  

View­able from mul­ti­ple van­tage points, the fire­work show above the falls is tru­ly spe­cial and can be seen and heard for miles around as the won­der is lit up – for a bit of a bonus we’d advise to both bring a sol­id cam­era and jump on an evening fire­works cruise to get tru­ly spe­cial pho­tos of the fire­works.  

Heli­copter tours: Along­side the boat rides, hikes and van­tage points offered to explore Nia­gara Falls, there’s an even more adren­a­line fuelled way of get­ting a birds eye and panoram­ic view of this won­der – a heli­copter tour.  

Avail­able from either side of the falls, you can expect to pay any­where from $150 Usd upwards for a half hour tour that will take you past the Nia­gara Hydropow­er sta­tion and to each of the stun­ning falls before pulling back to give a true panoram­ic view of the won­der.  

One not for the light-heart­ed and an expe­ri­ence that will no doubt put a dent in your wal­let a heli­copter tour over Nia­gara Falls is a true buck­et list expe­ri­ence and one of the best ways to expe­ri­ence the incred­i­ble won­der of Nia­gara falls.  

Cross­ing the bor­der: For the ulti­mate expe­ri­ence at Nia­gara Falls and to expe­ri­ence the best of both sides you’ll want to cross the bor­der to either side for a unique chance to explore and view the won­der from two dif­fer­ent coun­tries.  

To do this there are three main bridge cross­ings into the oth­er side of the falls – with the one being the 1940’s Rain­bow bridge that takes vis­i­tors across either side – and is bike­able, hike able or allows vis­i­tors to dri­ve across it.  

Free to cross from the US Side to Cana­da and cost­ing $1 Usd for the reverse route if hik­ing across it (which ris­es to $4 USD if going over by car), be sure to car­ry a form of ID if attempt­ing to cross the bridge and forms of both Amer­i­can and Cana­di­an cur­ren­cy and have your paper­work in order as this is an offi­cial bor­der cross­ing.  

But with the admin details sort­ed and the cor­rect change in hand, a walk across the rain­bow bridge is a tru­ly stun­ning and rec­om­mend­ed expe­ri­ence as you stand between two coun­tries and then cross the bor­der with the beau­ty of Nia­gara Falls to your side and con­tin­ue your explo­ration of the true won­der of the world that is Nia­gara Falls.  

How long to stay:

Thanks to its easy acces­si­bil­i­ty it’s entire­ly pos­si­ble to get to Nia­gara Falls and back in a day from most cen­tral and East case Amer­i­can states — and from Mon­tre­al and Ontario on the Cana­di­an side.  

But while a day trip will allow you to take in the main high­lights, snap some stun­ning pho­tos and take on one of the boat tours if you’re in sea­son – we’d advise allo­cat­ing 2 days and 1 night for a trip to Nia­gara which will give you enough chance to take in the falls from both the Amer­i­can and Cana­di­an side and catch the stun­ning fire­works and illu­mi­na­tions over the won­der in the evening – which is a tru­ly awe-inspir­ing sight.  

Top Tip:

For those vis­it­ing from the US Side in Buf­fa­lo be warned that the area’s around Nia­gara are not con­sid­ered safe and are unfor­tu­nate­ly rife with social prob­lems includ­ing reg­u­lar vio­lence and drugs so we’d advise to always be on your guard when vis­it­ing from the US Side and be sure to keep valu­able and pos­ses­sions with you and out of sight and to avoid ven­tur­ing into the city cen­tre and catch­ing pub­lic trans­port if pos­si­ble.  

On a more pos­i­tive note, for those who want to trek into the oth­er coun­try and cross the rain­bow bridge, be sure to bring cash with you in both US and Cana­di­an Dol­lar and check visa require­ments before­hand – it is nor­mal­ly waved if you’re going for the day but it’s worth dou­blecheck­ing.  

For those tak­ing on the maid of the mist, Jour­ney behind the falls or who fan­cy a pot­ter along the Ter­rain walk­way be sure to come pre­pared with a water­proof pon­cho and a pair of flip flops or a spare pair of socks – the socks in par­tic­u­lar­ly are often over­looked as the rain poncho’s don’t offer feet pro­tec­tion – and con­tin­u­ing to explore the won­der with wet feet won’t be fun.  

We’d also advise plan­ning an overnight stay, specif­i­cal­ly so you can catch the incred­i­ble fire­works and night time illu­sion for a tru­ly dif­fer­ent and beau­ti­ful way to see the falls – and final­ly be warned that you can’t swim in Nia­gara Falls despite what­ev­er dare­dev­ils (idiots) you may see attempt­ing it in the past – the water is cold, pow­er­ful and deep and car­ries with it a strong risk of death – so it’s best avoid­ed.  

Cost:

Nia­gara Falls is a nation­al park on both the US and Cana­di­an Side – so access to the park is free year round !  

So your main costs will come from both get­ting there for which you have a range of afford­able optioans from as lit­tle as $5usd by bus to $400 Usd by flight with­in the US and for accom­mo­da­tion in Toron­to (which we’d rec­om­mend as an overnight stop) or Buf­fa­lo to give you a chance to see the beau­ti­ful falls light up and the night­ly fire­work show – and we’d rec­om­mend bud­get­ing around $80 USD a night for a decent hotel room. 

You’ll also have the option to take on some of the expe­ri­ences offered on either side – includ­ing the high­ly rec­om­mend­ed Jour­ney behind the falls on the Cana­di­an Side – which comes in at $13 CA and the White Water Walk along the stun­ning Park­way which again starts at $13 – both of which we’d rec­om­mend to get up close and per­son­al to the falls from the more scenic and beau­ti­ful Cana­di­an side.  

For those vis­it­ing on the Amer­i­can Side you’ll find the cave of the winds tour com­ing in a lit­tle more expen­sive at $17 and the maid of the mist cost­ing $18 Usd – and for both we’d strong­ly advise book­ing in advance on the Nia­gara Falls web­site as tick­ets are known to sell out dur­ing the peak sea­son in advance.  

For those with a big­ger bud­get and who want a lit­er­al birds eye view of the falls you have the option of a heli­copter tour over the falls. These tours are also pop­u­lar and last for 30 min­utes includ­ing prep, take off and a jour­ney to watch the falls in full flight from above – and you can expect prices to start from $150 Usd on either side of the bor­er a tad pri­cy but a def­i­nite once in a life­time expe­ri­ence to see the falls. 

Account­ing as well for the rain­bow bridge cross­ing – that will set you back $4 Usd in a car – and a spot of food and minus the cost of get­ting there and a heli­copter flight – both of which are real­ly up to trav­ellers to set, we’d advise bud­get­ing around $200 Usd to see the full high­lights and true won­der of the world that is Nia­gara Falls. 

Fun Fact:

Along­side being a source of drink­ing water and hydro-pow­er gen­er­a­tion, the splen­did Nia­gara Falls is not only the sec­ond largest falls in the world – but also the most ‘roman­tic’ with the falls being a pop­u­lar hon­ey­moon and wed­ding des­ti­na­tion – with the falls being used for this exact pur­pose on the pop­u­lar Amer­i­can ver­sion of the office. 

Best photo spot:

There’s no deny­ing that Nia­gara Falls is excep­tion­al­ly pho­to­genic – espe­cial­ly if you catch just after a show­er when a series of rain­bows appear over the won­der and reflect back against the cas­cad­ing falls into the riv­er below.  

While there are many good spots to grab a pho­to, we’d rec­om­mend head­ing to Obser­va­tion Tow­er on the US side – where you can cap­ture a panoram­ic shot of the whole of the falls at once from a height some 200 feet in the air – for an immense shot both dur­ing the day and the night-time.  

For those who want a bit of a clos­er (wet !) expe­ri­ence then we’d advise you head to the Ter­rain walk­way – where you can­not not only feel the full immense pow­er of the falls cas­cad­ing down but also cap­ture some stun­ning sun­set and night time pho­tos – with the USA side of the falls in par­tic­u­lar known to be stun­ning from this van­tage point.  

For the adren­a­line seek­ers who want tru­ly stun­ning views we’d also rec­om­mend tak­ing on either a heli­copter tours – where you can get a unique and lit­er­al birds eye view over the incred­i­ble views – or either the maid of the mist or Jour­ney behind the falls tour where you can get absolute incred­i­ble pho­tos up close and per­son­al to the true and beau­ti­ful won­der of the world that is Nia­gara Falls.