Maruia Falls Track
WalkTasmanOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 10 min
- Distance
- 250 m
- Route
- Return
- Dogs
- No dogs
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzThe track is accessed from SH65, 23 km south of Murchison.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 41.85889° S, 172.25294° E
About this place
Walk to a waterfall created following the 1929 Murchison earthquake. It's not safe to swim here.
The route
From the car park, the track descends to the Maruia River bank. From here there is an excellent viewpoint of the falls, which were created following the 1929 earthquake. Return via the same track.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Know before you go
Keep to the track
Do not climb over the barrier above the falls – it is for your safety. Lives have been lost.
It's not safe to swim here
People have drowned when swimming here. Do not enter the water above or below the falls. There is no safe swimming at Maruia Falls.
Wasps and sandflies
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Sources
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- DOC Tracks (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).