A 24-year-old man died after he slipped and fell after climbing to the top of a waterfall to take a selfie at a jungle beauty spot.

The accident happened at Cascata dos Italianos in Igrejinha, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, on 29th September.

Ruan Benayhur Braga, 24, (bottom) poses with boyfriend in undated photo. He died after falling from a waterfall in Igrejinha, Brazil. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Newsflash/NX)

Victim Ruan Benayhur Braga had climbed to the top of the waterfall at the site to take a photo when he slipped on wet rock and fell. The area is listed as one if the places to visit in the region and is a popular beauty spot where people often take social media images.

But it is also remote and as a result, there is no phone signal at the site, and friends of the man only managed to flag down a group of firefighters who happened to be returning from another incident.

Ruan Benayhur Braga, 24, poses in undated photo. He died after falling from a waterfall in Igrejinha, Brazil. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (Newsflash/NX)

Second Sergeant Elisa Bischoff of the Taquara Fire Department said Braga floated for a few seconds before submerging.

The search lasted around two hours before his body was recovered.

The waterfall is about 20 metres (65 feet) high and four metres (13 feet) deep.

(Mike Leidig / newsX)