Yikes!

This waterfall is almost directly on the highway, making it a must-stop for EVERY tour bus over Haast Pass. What's the big deal...a nice waterfall spilling across an uncrossable river crowded with tourists. yuck. Now the waterfalls at Rob Roy glacier out of Wanaka...those are breathtaking!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

The walk to Fox cave was excellent!

We didn't go on to the Ballroom. You do need to ford the river twice to get to the cave, so bring water sandals for the knee-deep river.

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

Exquisite experience!!

All the tunnels thru the headlands are amazing, bring a headlamp to explore some of the dark tunnels. Also don't miss the headlands trail to the lighthouse--amazing!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

A brilliant walk without any tourists at all on it.

After the crowd scene at the glaciers, a great beach/bush walk without a soul around was really 100% pure NZ!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

Good short walk on west side of Haast Pass....nobody else was there, making it even better.

You gotta walk over the cobbled rocks to see the blue of the Haast River right at the falls.

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

This tramp was excellent...on one condition: the people we saw at the end viewpoint, where the picnic table is, didn't have a copy of our NzFrenzy guidebook, so they didn't know to bushwhack a few meters

down the slope, like the book says, to find the WAY better viewpoint stretching all the way down to the Tasman. Without NzFrenzy none of us would have found or bothered to bushwhack a bit further...but this tip changed the view from a 6 to a 10. YES!!!! No horde of glacier-area tourists at all---difficult but highly recommended!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

Not as good as all the pictures and local hoopla would have you believe...and packed with every tourist in Golden Bay.

Likes Hamurana Springs on Lake Rotorua much better!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago