Dzhuryn Waterfall

The Dzhuryn falls about sixteen metres over a limestone step in a side valley of the Dniester canyon, and it is usually described as the largest plains waterfall in Ukraine, which is fair enough given that the flat country around it. It is not entirely natural: the course was cut through in the sixteenth century to drive mills. Beside it stand the ruins of Chervonohorod, a palace built on the site of a medieval castle, with two gate towers left among the trees.

What you actually see

• The falls - a sixteen-metre drop over limestone in a canyon side valley.
• Chervonohorod ruins - two gate towers of a palace built on a medieval castle site.
• The canyon - the Dniester valley the side stream drops into.
• The mill cut - the sixteenth-century channel that shaped the present fall.

When to go

April to June, after the snowmelt, is when the fall runs hardest. By late summer it is much reduced. Weekends bring campers to the valley.

Honest expectations

Flow drops sharply in dry months and can disappoint. The path down is steep and slippery. There are no facilities and camping litter is a problem.

Nearby

Zalishchyky is southwest, and the Dniester canyon runs both ways.