Kitekite Track — Attraction in Waitākere Ranges

Just hire a rental car or get an Uber, or taxi, tour bus, or even a guided tour, and do the trail.

It’s free and open to the public 24/7.

The trail is reasonably easy to start with, but climbs up into the hills further up. If you have cardiac issues, you can take it slowly. The view of the falls will be worth it.

If you want to go down to the actual falls, and take the slightly more difficult return loop (lots of steps), a good quality pairs of shoes, or boots would be a good idea. The steep, narrow path to the falls can get slippery when wet, which is most of the time.

Piha also has other attractions. A great beach, and other walks; Whites Beach, and Mercer Bay loop (very high cliff-top views) and south Piha view walks. There’s also a general store (great coffee) and a cafe, if the walking leaves you...

A scenic track leading down to the falls themselves. From the start with a large tree trunk that you can step inside to walking an undulating path with the sounds of the water flowing getting louder as you get closer. A 25 minute walk which is easily doubled as you stop to admire the scenery and the sounds of the birds. Your first site of the falls is through the Bush foliage and then a short few steps and your standing beneath an awesome fall dropping into a pool which is dimmable. You can cross the falls walk up the opposite side and that takes you to the top. You can venture close to the edge but have good boots as it can be slippery. From here you can see the magnificence of the forest spread out before you. There are small look out posts well signed off tracks and...

Beautiful walk all the way, pretty easy too, wouldn't recommend for strollers if you want to get to the falls. One thing rarely mentioned is to get to climb to the top of the waterfall, you have to cross a river by going over large rocks, so only attempt this if you're experienced or not going solo. Also, to get to the base of the waterfall, the steps are good until the wooden steps stop, then you're climbing down steep slippery rocks which is a little dangerous but there are handrails around, just a heads up if you want those great...