A walk to Wainui Falls

Today we left Totaranui and stopped on the way out for a walk up to the Wainui Falls. This is a very scenic 40 minute climb up to a thundering 20m high waterfall. The boulder-strewn stream has huge water-hewn rocks the size of small trucks littering its length. The water is so clear that it is impossible to determine how deep some of the pools are. Bet it’s a fabulous place to cool off on a hot summer day.
Every time we’ve been on a walk, we’ve slotted our water bottle into the sleeve on the outside of Charlie’s backpack, and every time he’s taken his backpack off the water bottle has fallen out and gone splat on the ground. Well today we were half-way up the climb and he decided to take his backpack off to remove his jacket. Once again – as was to be expected – the water bottle fell out, only this time it rolled down the hill and disappeared over the edge of the cliff face, never to be seen again!
Tonight we are back at Pohara, ready to start the ‘final ascent’ on our last leg up to the very top of the South Island.Read more