点评:Truly spectacular! Well worth the effort of the trip getting here.
As we were on our way over to Ohope and had a bit of time to spare, but we came because a friend had visited it over summer and highly recommended it. A prior permit is required as the falls are located on private forestry land.
These falls are only viewable during weekends and public holidays. Plan time and dates accordingly.
1. Go to Kawerau Visitor Information office (Kawerau isite), buy a permit ($10 per vehicle). It is not at all possible to access it any other way.
2. Travel to the falls is virtually all on gravel (unsealed) roads. Available information says it takes 35 - 40 mins but it took us about 55 mins to arrive at the falls carpark. Parts of the road are quite gnarly with lots of scree and uneveness so worth taking it very, very slowly. Display permit on dashboard.
3: The mostly flat (with some undulation) beautiful bush track walk takes about 20 mins to reach the falls. Along the way are some very, very large rocks for photo ops and there are a couple of accessible banks to have a dip in the crystal clear river water.
4. The 65 metre falls have huge volumes of water gushing out of a rock fissure at the top. It is an awesome sight. We did not go past the falls but there is a loop track 25 mins) and a 2 hour walk to Lake Tarawera.
5. There are signage to keep you mostly on track driving in but in parts the signs became few and far between. Kawerau could increase the permit fee and use funds to improve roads, signage and access.
翻译:真是太壮观了!绝对值得专程前来。
我们原本要去奥霍普(Ohope),时间还比较充裕,但因为一位朋友夏天去过那里,强烈推荐,所以我们就顺道来了。由于瀑布位于私人林地内,需要提前申请许可证。
这些瀑布只在周末和公共假期开放。请据此安排时间和日期。
1. 前往卡韦劳游客信息中心(Kawerau isite),购买许可证(每车10澳元)。除此之外,没有其他途径可以到达瀑布。
2. 前往瀑布的路几乎全程都是碎石路(未铺设路面)。虽然网上信息显示车程需要35-40分钟,但我们花了大约55分钟才到达瀑布停车场。部分路段非常崎岖,碎石很多,路面也不平整,所以一定要非常非常慢地行驶。请将许可证放在仪表盘上。
3:这条风景优美的丛林步道大部分平坦(略有起伏),步行约20分钟即可到达瀑布。沿途有一些非常非常大的岩石,是拍照的好地方,还有几处可以下水的河岸,可以戏水于清澈见底的河水中。
4:这座65米高的瀑布水量巨大,从顶部的岩石裂缝中倾泻而下,气势磅礴,令人叹为观止。我们没有继续往前走,但附近有一条环形步道(步行25分钟),还有一条2小时的徒步路线可以到达塔拉韦拉湖。
5:驾车进入时,大部分路段都有路标指引方向,但有些路段路标稀少且间隔较远。卡韦劳可以考虑提高许可证费用,并将资金用于改善道路、路标和通行条件。