In the house were imported woken our comrades, Graham dishes and pans. The morning started.
Disappointed failed voshodnoy photo, I have to wait for breakfast. After breakfast, I asked Sergei and Victor go on a waterfall. Yes they are in fact not particularly to resist, because (as it turned out) plainly is, and waterfalls in New Zealand is not seen.
Judging from the description in the guide, track would start on the road south Fangamaty, but marked at 3 km range, we found no trail and road, but with a large poster at the entrance, which was painted a waterfall. The road, as is often the case in New Zealand, quickly turned into graviyku and raising clouds of dust in, we bias our search for a waterfall.
In one place the road crossed the river, 3-4 m wide. And then there prosel bridge, whether it was intended, but the river flow on the canvas bridge. This "extreme" I'm still in the North Island are not met. But we have amicably decided that it is made specifically to clean the wheels of vehicles from road dust. It does not matter that, over the bridge graviyka continues and the dust becomes mud on wheels
Is important is that: "The wheels washed. Checked! ![]()
The road ended in a huge camp. We were 5 minutes from the parking lot past the tents and kampervenov. And started our "climb" to the waterfall. In fact, the trail was very easy, slightly uphill, sometimes slightly to steepen. As expected, we are walking 50 minutes, and "suddenly" came across a sign pointing to the on-site viewing. Hooray, the goal has been achieved! But the trail goes on up! Why? Having decided that to go up even успеем, we decided to see what this offers us the Ministry of Forest and Parks Management (Department of Conservation). After all employees of the Ministry arrange a viewing platform, all trails in national parks. Well, our expectations come true. Since the site opened a charming view of the two-stage waterfall. Noticing in the middle of the waterfall boys figure that surpassed us several minutes earlier, I am out a televik and ... Yes, they came to swim. Apparently there is a small lake. From the site abruptly went down well protoptannaya trail. Do not walk on it, we could not afford, and helping each other, began to be lowered down ![]()
And at the bottom ... the bottom of a wonderful view of the lower cascade waterfall and lake. Fortunately, we were early Ptaha and people in the lake has not been (as we walked through the camp, the davilis scents of fried bacon. Tourists deign to breakfast:)) I started to shoot the panorama, but it came papik with two children, who for about 15 minutes wandered on the shallow pool, and threw stones, under the waterfall. We had to wait. I was more patient ![]()
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Wait, when my satellite is ahayut, we polezli up to the viewing platform, and went further along the path up to rachete to reach the top of the waterfall. And our expectations have been met very quickly. Not very big with small trickle porozhkami ...
... Dropped down the upper cascade. We photographed at the top of the waterfall, tourists came to the lake bottom and began to swim there. If we had half an hour later, the pan bottom would cascade from bathing tourists ![]()
A separate history is connected with the last photo. On the main trail, we, as I said, got to the top of the waterfall. But we also saw the boys in the middle part! So should be the path and there, but the trail is clearly not the public. And so it proved. At 10 meters from the top of the waterfall, we saw the hole in the bush, who was down. That's it had to persuade my co-travelers down. They explained their refusal to the fact that women are waiting for us already. But I reassured them that the test time, the return has not yet arrived. And we polezli down. The trail from the viewing platform to the lower basin, we seemed to Broadway
And suddenly we realize that is about to get just to the lower basin. Alas, the trail was not chosen correctly. In chertyhavshis, polezli up. The second hole, the less visible, we found three meters from the top of the waterfall. But even a manhole and was less marked, the path (if it can be called) was a lot better to trample down patsanyachh feet
Unfortunately, when shooting panoramas in this spot, I made a mistake and the panorama was not collected
So limit your photos ![]()
Poglazov for bathers with a height of 40 meters, we have chosen for the main trail and went down. In the conversations did not notice how to get to our mashniny caught up with us and then call my beloved wife with that question of our intent to return. As it turned out, our women have not waited for us, just check where we are all with us in order. But the message that we are already in the car and 20 minutes after going into camp they still pleased ![]()
Back and lunch, we went to the beach to swim and sunbathe. No photo is not expected, so I do not even the camera took. Poprygav one's heart's content in the waves, tired but happy, we have built barbikyu evening and went to their sleeping places.
Tomorrow, I waited for another sunrise.
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