Fondly known as God’s Own Country, New Zealand is truly a blessed nation filled with natural beauty. Blessed with a diverse terrain and beautiful landscapes, tourists travelling to these isles will be lucky enough to experience rocky mountain ranges, marvellous beaches, clear blue lakes that reflect the sky, breathtaking mountain trails and so much more. Thus, for the true lover of nature who roams the world searching for Earth’s most beautiful places, New Zealand harbours more than they can imagine.
While these isles are home to a series of mountains, lakes and other natural formations, its waterfalls are amongst the most breathtaking. Waterfalls such as the Bridal Veil Falls found in Waikato, the Lady Alice Falls and the Lake Unknown Falls in the Fiordland National Park and the Mount Damper Falls in Taranaki are some of the most stunning while the Chamberlain Falls found in the Fiordland National Park is one of the highest in the country at an amazing 2,300 feet.
In comparison to such stunning feats of nature, the Tarawera Falls appear tame and, quite frankly, miniature, with a height of just 35 meters. However, the Tarawera Falls is no stranger to beauty and has been blessed with beautiful cascading waters that mesmerise all its visitors. Located on the Tarawera River, this waterfall can be witnessed by travellers visiting the Bay of Plenty region on the North Island. Just as the rest of New Zealand’s greatest treasures, this waterfall too has its own exotic little story: the Tarawera Falls is created by the falling of the Tarawera River that flows from the Lake Tarawera. The path of the River is actually one taken by a molten lava flow that escaped when Mount Tarawera erupted over ten thousand years ago. As a result, the Tarawera River flows through a number of caves created by the lava as well before it forms itself into the waterfall known as the Tarawera Falls.
This description surely appeals to a traveller’s sense of exploration and if you are residing in a hotel in Rotorua, inquire from the reception of your Rotorua hotel as to how to access the town of Kawerau for this marks the starting point of your journey to the Falls. For those who feel that it is simply too much effort but wish to reside close to such natural beauty, opt for the Millennium Hotel Rotorua which overlooks the Lake Rotorua and enjoy panoramic views from your window!
Angela Fernando is an impassioned travel writer who composes pieces under the pen name Sumaira Narayan. She loves writing about new and exciting places around the world and hopes to visit them all someday.