Dawson Falls — Attraction in North Island

An excellent trip. The falls are exhilarating to look at. And the DOC time estimates on the signage can be trusted! We left our car up at the visitor centre and did a FIVE minutes only walk down to the entrance of the track that leads to the falls. It is on a bend in the road where there is room for two or three cars to park. The walk in to the base of the falls is an easy five minutes. Pretty bush and good footing. The second half is down a stairway which has EXCELLENT, non-slip metal steps. This is a massive improvement on the older section of track it replaced, a short section of which is visible at the stair's end. The falls are beautiful. We were there early afternoon when sunlight was catching the point where the water tipped off the ledge to begin it's dramatic, full-bodied drop to the pool at its base which foamed in a frenzy...

This road is unique! Driving on a very narrow, windy/full of corners, sealed road through what seems in places like a living tunnel of trees.

In three places the road splits up to go around trees that look like they are a couple of hundred years old. Nice to see respect for their age.

The gravel carpark at the top has stunning views up & down the mountain. There's even a wooden viewing platform with steps up to it gives extra height.

We found the flushing toilets in the concrete block were clean & tidy - a welcome relief!

The visitor centre is well set out &...

This must be quite the underrated gem in the Taranaki Region. It is located in one of Mount Taranaki’s entry points at Egmont National Park and is not a long walk. I would still probably classify it as being moderate in difficulty as there is a lot of uphill climbing to get back.

The falls themselves are really something, with two falls next to each other but the only slight let down was the it was hard to even get a photo or video due to the high volume of visitors that day.

I do recommend this spot at least once for visited to Egmont...