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SEE MORE … FABULOUS FALLS

Cascading water whipped to white spray, the thundering pulse of falling water, an exhilarating swim in a pool beneath – and no one, not a soul around. That's the call of a backcountry waterfall.

Aotearoa's crumpled terrain has many waterfalls. They tumble through gorges, spill over bluffs, disgorge over lava flows and fall over fault scarps. Here

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