Walk 34, Tawhai Falls, 3rd July 2020
The waterfall is on the road to the Chateau and is reached after a short stroll through mountain toatoa and beech forest.
The falls aren’t that high but they’re pretty. The water tumbles over the edge of an ancient lava flow.
The site is also a Lord of the Rings location, it’s known as Gollum’s pool, the forbidden pool where Frodo and Faramir capture Gollum in the Lord of the Rings.
The day we visited the falls, it was a beautiful, crisp winter’s day, and we’d just had the North Island’s first dump of snow. The mountains in the near distance – Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, looked beautiful with their white mantles set against a blue sky.
Mt Ngaurahoe
Mt Ruapehu
Walk: Tongariro National Park 45
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