Karekare Falls- part 2 of Karekare Beach

Here is a view of the beautiful falls. You can even have a pick nick here, there is a table to eat from.

What is not shown here is some of the bush roots of plants and scrub you have to pass through.

You need to take notice where the surface is slippery or not as you walk. I am not a super fit person, just average and it was an easy walk for me.

Walking around trying to get another view. The falls go down in 3 stages and this is the last stage

My husband does his best but is partly crippled so couldn't come down here. Although he can walk, it would hurt his back to come down here.

So I am always thinking of that when I mention walks.

The water starts with a river running on top of the hill and goes down a steep cliff and that does that in 3 stages. So it's fall and go over the cliff again and at the 3rd time it's at ground floor.

Then the water goes out in a stream to Karekare district and finally out to the sea.

The steep hill doesn't take long to descend but I don't recommend it to a person without reasonable fitness. You need good footwear and you need to watch where you step.

If you have strained leg muscles or ankle injuries wear good supportive foot wear.

The top of this picture is not the top of the whole falls, it is at the 3rd stage.

I don't know if there are fish here, probably is and most probably eels. New Zealand streams often has eels. Ducks may come here as well. I am not sure how deep the water is here.

Now this is the 2nd view of the same bridge. You can see the bush here, not thin but a path is definitely marked. It pays to stick to the path.

Its a very good well built bridge and you can see water from both sides of the bridge, although the stream is quite narrow.

This is straight up to the road. I then walk down the hill a short way to the car park of Karekare Beach.

You can see the signs up here, there are more than one tracks to go walking on. All of the walking tracks can take you to many very scenic beautiful places.

However, I recommend the short tracks if you are by yourself. It's best with company.

This leads to Karekare Beach and that hill with a very sharp incline is a landmark. The falls are behind me.

There are houses around here. The bush is around the houses and this bush is precious. New Zealand native birds have their nests or roost on the branches of these trees. It's home to the living creatures as well as humans.

What I first saw from the road. The water falls a long way down, and you can hear the roar of the water from the road. There is a track leading down hill. It's very steep and you need to watch your footing.