Whangarei Falls is roughly a 10-minutes' drive away from Whangarei city center or 2.5-hours' from Auckland. The road surface is always sealed.

Make your own way to Whangarei, then follow the signs ‘Whangarei Falls’ until you reach a car park at Boundary Rd. The area is very well maintained by (we assume) a local council and has toilets as well as a beautiful picnic area with a few tables.

An easy walking path leads to the upper waterfall’s lookout. It takes only 2 minutes to reach this lookout, and the walk is suitable for people of all abilities.

To walk to the waterfall’s base, you need to cross the river via a concrete bridge and follow the track. One minute after crossing the river you’ll see one more upper lookout – don’t miss it. It will take 5 minutes to reach the waterfall’s base from this lookout and then 5 minutes to come back to the carpark using the same track, or return via the 30-minutes' loop track. This track has the stairs and not suitable for wheelchairs/strollers.

Don’t be disappointed! Whangarei Falls is a type of waterfalls which may have little or no water at all during a dry summer. Hence, if the summer is dry with no rain for a few weeks, please don’t expect to see a powerful waterfall.