Gorgeous Gorges: Huka Falls




Huka Falls is actually a body of water running through a fracture on the earth surface. It's not as gigantic as the Niagara Falls in Canada, or as mystical as the Angel Falls in Venezuela but it is beautiful and breath-taking nonetheless.

Huka_Falls

From Wikipedia: "The Huka Falls are a set of waterfalls on the Waikato River that drains Lake Taupo in New Zealand. A few hundred metres upstream from the Huka Falls, the Waikato River narrows from roughly 100 metres across into a narrow canyon only 15 metres across. The canyon is carved into lake floor sediments laid down before Taupo's Oruanui eruption 26,500 years ago. The volume of water flowing through often approaches 220,000 litres per second.
At the top of the falls is a set of small waterfalls dropping over about 8 metres. The most impressive, final stage of the falls (pictured here) is an 11 metre drop. The drop is technically six metres (cliff beneath the water) but the water flow raises the level to 11m. The falls are a popular tourist attraction, being close to Taupo and readily accessible from State Highway One, although there are much higher waterfalls to be seen in the country."

Comments

  1. raul fragoSeptember 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    i dont think you can shoot the rapids ano padi pero its nice watcing.
    salamat again for sharing, garo enjoyon ka diyan.

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  2. Ateneo de Naga Batch HS 1969September 10, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    ano kaya mag river rafting ka dyan...gaya doon sa movie, Deliverance...that will solve your blues...romy

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  3. Tochie **September 10, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Hi Padi. Garo dificil mag shooting the rapids digdi. Probably not impossible. But I don't think I'll even try to find out, hahahaha....

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  4. Tochie **September 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Hi Romy, River rafting was probably a regular way for the early inhabitants here since there were probably no roads then. And although it seems like a wild rural setting, this is a very accessible place, hence people living in the surrounding area are very comfortable with visitors/tourists unlike those in the movie, Deliverance :-)

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  5. CatH \(^_^)/September 11, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    hahaha...may idea ako na i-tie ko laundry ko dito banda, wait a couple of minutes...lahat ng alikabok matanggal...

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  6. Tochie **September 11, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    Haahaha...oo nga ano? Kaya lang baka pati labada mo tanggal din :-)

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  7. louella alixSeptember 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    I've never seen this shade of aquamarine in a waterfall - it is beautiful.

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  8. CatH \(^_^)/September 12, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    baka pwede tao rin, para matanggal libag...

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  9. Tochie **September 12, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Pati kaluluwa, tanggal sigurado.

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  10. Tochie **September 12, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    Ang ganda talaga Lou. Parang ang linis ng tubig.

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