Here the Wairere Stream falls 20 m (65') down
the edge of one of Ruapehu's lava flows.
The main track continues above the falls, but an alternative route
of similar distance takes a lower track back to Whakapapa Village.
The stream is followed for about half the way, mostly through
mountain beech forest, before veering south for the last few hundred
metres through tussock. The Upper and Lower Cascade falls are
passed on the way. Read more about the Taranaki Falls walk.
