There is a walk through the forest to the base of Whangarei Falls. From here, you can take a trail to one of three places: the Whangarei Town Basin, the AH Reed Kauri Park, or the Whangarei Falls parking lot. Because we were short on time, we took the trail to the parking lot. But even with the shorter walk we saw some beautiful scenery. You can click to enlarge any photo below while using “next photo” to scroll through them. –Cyndi
Approaching the base of the falls. (Whangarei, New Zealand)
The lush vegetation of a New Zealand forest. (Whangarei, New Zealand)
The bridge down from the base of the falls. (Whangarei, New Zealand)
A view down the river.
Tree ferns are abundant here.
Trees towered above us. (Whangarei, New Zealand)
Nearing the top of the trail back to the parking lot.
This was an especially interesting-looking tree at the top of the trail.