PURAKANUI FALLS WALK

The Purakaunui Falls is one of Otago’s iconic, most-photographed sights.

The track through mature beech forest, and then beech and podocarp, is suitable for wheelchair users to the top viewing platform. From there the track descends to give the view of the three-tiered falls that’s often seen on calendars and postcards.

This is one of my favourite walks in the Catlins and is easy and well maintained.

Lichen is dangled and hung on all sorts of plantlife on this nature walk.

Smaller flow of water before you reach the waterfall.

Great scenery of native bush can be seen along this track on all sides.

This is a tree fuschia with its flaky orange bark.

This weird tree has several splits in its lower trunk buts seem to be still growing and surviving.

You can straight through the middle of this tree, could hide inside too.

The root limbs are like huge finger tendrils that reach deep into the earth.