WaterfallHidden gem
Waiatiu Falls
Minginui, Bay of Plenty
Easy walk through big podocarp forest to a viewing platform over Waiatiu Falls.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
In Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tane Conservation Park the track runs among kahikatea, totara, matai and rimu to a platform over the falls. Native birds here include kaka, kakariki, robin and kereru. The viewing point is slippery, so take care.
Good to know
- Viewing point is slippery
- Roads are via Minginui Road, Old Te Whaiti Road and River Road
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- River Road car park, about 90 km south-east of Rotorua off SH38 via Minginui Road
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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