WaterfallHidden gem
Owharoa Falls
Waikino, Waikato
A fan-shaped waterfall beside the road and the Hauraki Rail Trail.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 20 min

A wide, fan-shaped falls just off State Highway 2 and the Hauraki Rail Trail. It's a quick stop for photos and a leg stretch, and you can walk the old rail corridor to it from Karangahake Gorge.
Good to know
- Short stroll from the Waitawheta Road side
- Great on a rail-trail ride
- Best time
- After rain for the most water
- Getting there
- Short flat walk near SH2
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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