1 / 3Rere Falls
π Rere, Gisborne
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Best for a summer day trip with swimmers. Rere Falls is a 20 metre wide curtain of water a minute from the car park, with a swimming pool below, picnic tables and toilets. Two kilometres on is the 60 metre Rere Rockslide, ridden on boogie boards.
π Family Action Verdict
The classic Gisborne summer outing: picnic and paddle at the falls, then let confident swimmers loose on the rockslide with a boogie board and a parent watching from the bottom. It is a fast, hard, natural slide, so it suits primary-age children and up who can swim, with an adult in the water. Check depth and debris first; skip it after heavy rain.
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Nicola Mansel
11 months ago
βRere falls are a peaceful relaxed area. The falls have slightly grown wider woth recent heavy downfalls and battling terrible weather, but what's left behind is magnificent. Well maintained, easy vehicle access, ample room for picnics and safe to swim if you've brought your togs and its warm enough.β
Robert Bonnici
8 months ago
βWhat a beautiful place to visit in Gisbourne. If you come up this road there is so many places es to stop at and enjoy some of New Zealands landscape.β
Kelly Foster
a month ago
βLovely little picnic spot. Didn't do the rock slide as its winter time, but the waterfall is still worth a look.β
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Rere rockslide
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Walking behind the waterfall
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Overview
Rere Falls sits on the Wharekopae River about 50 kilometres north-west of Gisborne, a five metre drop stretched across a 20 metre ledge, so it looks like a curtain rather than a plunge. It is a minute's walk from the car park, with a calm pool below for swimming, picnic tables, toilets, water and fireplaces. Two kilometres further on is the Rere Rockslide, where the river races down a smooth 60 metre rock face into a deep basin and people ride it on boogie boards and tubes. Both are free.
