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Little Waterfall Trail

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  • Pedestrian sports
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Elevation : 317m
Chemin de la Petite Cascade, La Plaine aux Truies, 98881 Farino

Description

This pleasant countryside walk in the heart of a wooded valley can be combined with a stay at Le Refuge de Farino, a wander around the market, a visit to the Festival of the Bancoule Worm or a table d'hôte meal.
ROUTE DESCRIPTION Respect private property: gates must remain closed. No swimming allowed upstream of the catchment. D Car park: head north on the main dirt track that runs along the right bank of the Farino (lots of vegetation, tree ferns, ironwood trees, fruit trees, etc.). Ignore all the secondary tracks that branch off and keep to the well-maintained track. Cross an apron, and then climb a gentle slope. After 1.1 km, ignore the track that goes down to the right and stay on the main grassy track. You’ll reach the bird information board. 1 Gate: close the gate (recognising the unpredictable birds flitting through the light-flecked foliage is no easy task, but observant enthusiasts might spot red-crowned parakeets, white-bellied goshawks, New Caledonian whistlers, fantails, honeyeaters, imperial pigeons, crows and cuckooshrikes). Climb the ladder that takes you over the barbed wire on the second gate and a few metres further on, leave the main track and take the maintained trail down to the river. Emerge at the edge of the creek. Follow the water upstream to the trail that goes down to the river. 2 Small waterfall (GPS: 580 363 – 7 607 254): follow the same route back to the start. © Text by Jean Francis Clair FFrandonnée® grading * Effort: IBP 17 easy (green) * Technical difficulty: easy (green) * Risk: low (green) * Overall grading: easy (green)

Further information on localisation

Further information on localisation
Location: Refuge de Farino, 116 km north-west of Nouméa on the RT 1, RPN 5, direction Farino, and RM 2 Parking: in front of the Refuge de Farino entry booth (GPS: 580 768 – 7 605 837)
Additional rate information
Free access.

Services

Picnic area
Car park
Free car park
Pets welcome

Accessibility

Not accessible in a wheelchair

Plain text period

All year round daily.

Environment

  • Forest location
Updated on 28 December 2025 at 12:49
by Sud Tourisme Nouvelle-Calédonie
(Offer identifier : 5351379)
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