Taranaki Falls

Time: 2 Hours Return

Beginning 100 metres below Whakapapa Visitor centre, this track loops you back to Whakapapa village in around 2 hours.

The walk begins with red tussock grass and patches of manuka, followed by alpine shrub. The track is a very comfortable uphill walk to the falls with four small gullies to cross. There are tables and seats provided at the bottom of the falls for you to take a breather and enjoy the beautiful sight of the falls, where you can walk in behind the waterfall and view the world in a different way. The walk back is through a beech forest full of shiny broadleaf, mountain five fingers, ferns and the mighty Toatoa.  Native birds are also in abundance.