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Ohakune & Tūroa
Tupapakurua Falls Track
Advanced 11 kmreturn 4–5 hr return (Taranaki Lookout 1 hr) ↑ 395 m
Waterfall · Ohakune & Tūroa
Tupapakurua Falls
650 m WaterForest
A remote, tall waterfall in the Erua Forest west of National Park Village.
A steep, rough track from Fishers Road drops through podocarp forest to lookouts facing the falls as they drop into a forested gorge. The first hour reaches the Taranaki Lookout, with distant views to Mount Taranaki on a clear day.
Tupapakurua Falls © ShakyIsles · CC BY-SA 4.0 Tracks that reach Tupapakurua Falls
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