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Ohakune & Tūroa
Tupapakurua Falls Track
Advanced 11 kmreturn 4–5 hr return (Taranaki Lookout 1 hr) ↑ 395 m
Viewpoint · Ohakune & Tūroa
Taranaki Lookout (Erua)
760 m ForestPanorama
A forest lookout west of National Park with Mount Taranaki on the horizon.
One hour return from Fishers Road, this clearing in the Erua Forest looks west across the Whanganui hill country to the cone of Taranaki, 130 km away, on clear days.
Taranaki Lookout (Erua) © Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 Tracks that reach Taranaki Lookout (Erua)
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Waterfall· 1,100 m · Ohakune & Tūroa
Waitonga Falls
The highest waterfall in the park, a 39 m curtain of water on the southern slopes of Ruapehu.
Wetland· 1,140 m · Ohakune & Tūroa
Rotokawa Pools
Alpine tarns that mirror Ruapehu’s southern peaks on a still morning.
Waterfall· 1,050 m · Ohakune & Tūroa
Mangawhero Falls
A roadside waterfall in a mossy gorge, filmed as Ithilien in The Lord of the Rings.
Filming location Mangawhero Falls Walk