Hookah Falls

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Hookah Falls
The falls at the end of the rapids

The falls at the end of the rapids

Coordinates 38 ° 38 '55.42 "  S , 176 ° 5' 23.63"  E Coordinates: 38 ° 38 '55.42 "  S , 176 ° 5' 23.63"  O
Huka Falls (New Zealand)
Hookah Falls
place Taupo District , Waikato Region, North Island , New Zealand
height 11 m
falling edge :  340  m
width 15 m
Number of fall levels 2
Falling watercourse Waikato River
Estuarine waters Waikato River
The rapids of Huka Falls , looking upriver from a bridge

The Huka Falls are waterfalls of the Waikato River in the Taupo District of the Waikato region on the North Island of New Zealand .

geography

The Huka Falls is located 3.5 km north of the city Taupo and 6.8 km downstream from Lake Taupo removed.

description

The waterfalls consist of two cascades with a 235 m long rapids in between , in which the Waikato River is narrowed from a width of around 100 m in a gorge to 15 m. The water depth in the gorge is around 10 m. Starting from the first cascade, which is just under a meter, the water shoots down in the rapids over a height difference of 8 m to the valley, before falling over 11 m in the second cascade. With an average water throughput of around 220,000 liters per second, the flow varies between 32,000 liters and 270,000 liters per second, depending on the water level of the Waikato River .

tourism

The Huka Falls can be reached from Taupo City via the Huka Falls Road . There is a parking lot right next to a bridge that crosses the rapids in the middle of the gorge and from which a hiking trail leads on the eastern side to a viewpoint east of the lower waterfall.

Another tourist attraction is a jet boat ride to just below the lower waterfall.

First visit of the falls

The falls were long considered impassable, but in 1981 kayakers Greg Oke and Nick Kerkham were first successful at a lower water level.

See also

Web links

Commons : Huka Falls  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed May 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.1.4507 on May 30, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Huka Falls . In: Great Lake Taupo . Taupo District Council , accessed May 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Huka Falls tracks . Department of Conservation , accessed May 30, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Huka Falls NZ Facts . hukafalls.com , accessed May 30, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Hookah Jet Boat . hukafalls.com , accessed May 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Huka Falls: One of the last dreams . Whitewater NZ , April 4, 2005, accessed May 30, 2018 .