It took us about 50 minutes round trip to visit this waterfall, which might seem like a lot of trouble for such a small waterfall. However, considering this helped to break up a long drive from Christchurch to Aoraki, I certainly didn't mind this opportunity for a little exercise as well as a good stretch of the legs.

From the trailhead (see directions below), the trail basically climbed steeply before leveling out and eventually descending to the stream. Once at the stream, we had to walk within it (which fortunately was very shallow and didn't pose any problems to our Gore-tex boots) for the last five minutes.

Directions: The way we went was from SH1 turning right at Delamain St then quickly turning left onto the Hinds-Arundel Rd for about 21km to the Geraldine Rd, where we turned left crossing over the Rangitata River. Just beyond the river, we turned right onto Bridge St. Eventually, we turned left onto Peel St, which then veered towards Pratt Rd where we turned right. Pratt Rd eventually joined into Peel Forest Rd, which we continued on for another 10km (road eventually becomes Rangitata Gorge Rd) towards the Acland Falls trailhead.

Parking at the trailhead didn't seem official. Even though we managed to park near the trailhead, I wondered if we were supposed to have parked somewhere in the campground about 1km away.