Jess is a Wanderer returned to Hawkes’ Bay tallest waterfall because it’s that amazing and absolutely worth a detour, a special visit or even without a reason at all. A must-see destination.

The sign in the carpark says the walk takes two hours return. The sign lies. Without much effort at all, you can reach the halfway mark in forty minutes. Walk quickly and you’ll do it in thirty. If you’re a bit nuts and you’ve left your camera and laptop with a little old lady and her dog in the carpark, you can run it in twenty…