Charlies Rock Waterfall — Attraction in Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community

A hidden gem! Only carry essentials when making your way to this beautiful hidden treasure! There's a 20 minute bush walk to get there, it was muddy in parts and slippery, wear good walking shoes. Wouldn't recommend jandals or sneakers with no grip. To get there, park I the open parking area, then walk up the road away from the boats and turn right into a bush walk. It's so pretty all the wild flowers and stream. You can swim here, and everyone said it was awesome. Some people were jumping off the top of fall(not a very big one) into the water, but wouldn't recommend this if you don't go with a local as there are rocks scattered around and the water looks pretty dark so you can't see the rocks. It's worth the effort getting there. Enjoy! P.s. the photos here don't do it any justice, didn't get to snap pics of...

The instructions given by GPS is very wrong. It tells you to go down someone's driveway. It seems the owner got upset by all these unwanted people and has put up a sign that tells people that it's not the right place.

You have to park at the Kerikeri Croquet Club or at the Waipapa Landing Jetty. Then walk onto the main road (Landing Road) away from the small bridge. There will be a small blue sign that doesn't really tell you where to go, but it is where the waterfall supposedly is. The entrance cannotbe seen from the roadside. I drove up and down several times.

Then you walk for some time and need to climb over a fence and whatnot. As an older and bigger person I...

Didn't make it all the way. We had problems trying to find this place and if it weren't for the local club we would probably have not found this place. However, having being told where to start we embarked on the walk which was initially flat and over rough terrain which got rocky as you got close. In the end we decided to abandon. You can see the falls about 200m from it and it does look great. It's not really for your general Joe Blogg touristy walk and appropriate footwear is advisable. It would pay to do this walk before the Rainbow falls which is much more accessible if you wanted...