The falls
Two white columns.
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The first big waterfall on the Waterfall Route east of Baños, plunging powerfully from a high rock lip into a deep green gorge beside a smaller second fall, so two white columns drop together between rocks and forest with spray rising from below. You see it from lookouts on the gorge edge, or get closer in the hanging tarabita cable car that crosses right in front of the falls, while thrill-seekers choose the long zip line over the drop. Short trails lead down towards the rocky base. It takes its name from the nearby Agoyán dam, one of the hydroelectric schemes on the Pastaza River, and the falls' strength sometimes varies with water management and the rains. Here the valley begins its descent from the Andes towards the Amazon forests. Being close to Baños, visitors arrive by short taxi or by bike and carry on to Manto de la Novia and Pailón del Diablo. Watch for traffic on the road.
Two white columns.
Facing the falls.
Over the gorge.
Waterfall Route near the Agoyán dam, minutes east of Baños
Heading east the route starts with Agoyán, then Manto de la Novia, then Pailón del Diablo near Río Verde, with smaller falls between.