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Waipohatu Waterfalls Track
Next nearby hike: Waituna Lagoon Loop Track 19 mi · 30 kmExplore Catlins Conservation Park →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J17°11°111
- F16°11°91
- M15°9°108
- A13°8°104
- M10°6°121
- J8°4°105
- J8°3°96
- A9°4°86
- S11°5°97
- O12°6°104
- N14°8°97
- D15°9°110
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
This is a rugged tramping track through rainforest up to two waterfalls. This track connects to Forest Walk Track.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.1 km · 1.9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hours
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/71d3711287974cb888ef10ab11a
- Nearest town
- 33 km SE of Wyndham (Southland District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Catlins Conservation Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -46.6029, 169.0195
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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