Punaruku Falls

1,200 m WaterForest

A small waterfall over an old lava flow on the way to Silica Rapids.

The Whakapapanui Stream spills over a lava step in a sheltered beech-forest gully. A pleasant pause on the village approach to Silica Rapids.

Tracks that reach Punaruku Falls

Whakapapa Village

Easy 7.0 kmloop 2.5 hr loop ↑ 276 m

Same area

Waterfall· 1,200 m · Whakapapa Village

A 20 m waterfall plunging over the edge of a 15,000-year-old lava flow.

Lake· 1,240 m · Whakapapa Village

A deep blue explosion crater lake on the saddle between Ruapehu and Ngāuruhoe.

Lake· 1,440 m · Whakapapa Village

The most dramatic viewpoint in the Whakapapa area: a crater lake directly below Ngāuruhoe.