Huka Falls

December 23, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

Just before the Huka Falls the Waikato River enters a shallow ravine of hard volcanic rock which results in more than 220000 litres of water per second barreling over an 11 meter high waterfall. This is enough to fill 5 olympic swimming pools a minute.

Afterwards we relaxed in free hot pools near Spa Park. The hot Otumuheke Stream runs into Waikato River creating these really nice hot pools.Read more