点评:The Taranaki Falls Track is a loop track which starts at Whakapapa village (park on the main road) then wends along a pleasant creek towards Taranaki Falls and then you head up to the top of the falls and head back to along the ridge to Whakapapa which is a little more exposed (there is a toilet at the turn back). It is a pleasant walk and the view of the Taranaki i Falls is magnificent and we saw many people with children and babies successfully accomplish it. It is possible to go down the Falls pool as a few brave souls did and I got some lovely photos of them behind the waterfall.
We decided to continue on the walk to Lower Tama Lake which ended up being about 20 km return. The ranger centre doesn't have maps of these walk because they consider them "short" even though we were prepared to pay for one! We did take pictures from the maps in their centre though.
翻译:塔拉纳基瀑布步道是一条环形步道,起点位于瓦卡帕帕村(可将车停在主路旁),沿着一条清澈的小溪蜿蜒而下,通往塔拉纳基瀑布。之后,您可以登上瀑布顶端,然后沿着山脊返回瓦卡帕帕村,这段路程略微有些开阔(折返点设有洗手间)。这是一条令人愉悦的徒步路线,塔拉纳基瀑布的景色壮丽无比,我们看到许多带着孩子和婴儿的游客都成功地完成了这段旅程。一些勇敢的人甚至尝试了从瀑布潭中下去,我还拍到了一些他们在瀑布后面嬉戏的可爱照片。
我们决定继续前往下塔玛湖,全程往返约20公里。护林员中心没有提供这条步道的地图,因为他们认为它“较短”,尽管我们原本打算付费购买!不过,我们还是参考了护林员中心提供的地图拍摄了一些照片。