# Rivers, lakes & waterfalls

> Rivers, lakes & waterfalls worth seeing: Ninh Binh, Munduk, Milford Sound, Lake Pukaki, Wanaka. Travel guide and nature photography prints.

- Source: https://clevertourists.com/guides/collection-rivers-lakes-and-waterfalls
- Authors: Evan & Clara, Clever Tourists (first-hand, from a 526-day trip across 20 countries)
- Published: 2026-06-19

Still water, karst rivers and glacial lakes — where the landscape turns to mirror.

## Places

### Ninh Binh, Vietnam

South of Hanoi, Ninh Binh is known for dramatic limestone karst landscapes rising from rice paddies and rivers, often described as a dry-land counterpart to Halong Bay. The area includes a UNESCO World Heritage landscape and Vietnam's ancient capital.

### Munduk, Indonesia

Munduk is a mountain village in Bali's northern highlands, set among coffee and clove plantations and known for its cool climate, jungle waterfalls and nearby crater lakes. It offers a quieter, greener side of the island away from the southern beaches.

### Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound, in Fiordland National Park, is a glacier-carved fiord where sheer cliffs rise more than a kilometer straight from dark water. Among the wettest inhabited places on Earth, its frequent rain feeds hundreds of temporary waterfalls that pour from the cliffs.

### Hooker Lake, New Zealand

A milky, glacier-fed lake at the end of the Hooker Valley Track, its far shore studded with icebergs calved from the Hooker Glacier and Aoraki / Mount Cook rising directly behind it.

### Wanaka, New Zealand

Wanaka is a lakeside town on the shore of Lake Wanaka, surrounded by the peaks of Mount Aspiring National Park. Quieter than nearby Queenstown, it is a base for alpine walks and is known for a single lone willow tree standing in the lake.