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Totarapapa Falls

Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand

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Totarapapa Falls was a waterfall that Julie and I completely stumbled upon as we were driving from Rotorua to Wairoa through the rugged Te Urewera National Park.

Indeed, if it wasn’t for a signpost along the unsealed road pointing it out, we would have passed by it without ever knowing it was there.

Te_Urewera_003_11142004 - Totarapapa Falls
Totarapapa Falls

Speaking of which, the mostly unsealed route was said to be 222km (of which 120km of it was unsealed).

I had read that the road was rumoured to break up marriages because it appeared as a shortcut on maps, but the experience would be anything but.

In any case, the unanticipated waterfall stop was certainly what we needed at the time considering the long and bumpy drive that we were in for.

That said, the falls seemed to be mostly hidden amongst the bush.

Even though some topographic maps listed this waterfall at 45m tall, it seemed like we were only able to see perhaps only 10m of it as shown in the photo above.

Te_Urewera_006_11142004 - Lake Waikaremoana was the main feature of Te Urewera National Park. The bumpy and remote unsealed route through the park also yielded this view in addition to the Totarapapa Falls
Lake Waikaremoana was the main feature of Te Urewera National Park. The bumpy and remote unsealed route through the park also yielded this view in addition to the Totarapapa Falls

Although this waterfall was a short roadside stop for us, the rain started coming down just as we showed up so we didn’t linger around for too much.

It might have been possible to observe and experience a bit more than what we were able to see.

However, given the circumstances and the long route ahead of us, there’s not much more we can say about this falls.

Authorities

Totarapapa Falls resides in Te Urewera National Park between Rotorua and Wairoa in the East Coast region of North Island, New Zealand. It is administered under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website.

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Tagged with: urewera, bay of plenty, hawkes bay, north island, new zealand, waterfall, waikaremoana, wairoa, rotorua, tuai



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Johnny Cheng is the founder of the World of Waterfalls and author of the award-winning A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls. Over the last 2 decades, he has visited thousands of waterfalls in over 40 countries around the world and nearly 40 states in the USA.
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