Abstract
Total duration (RT): 4h30
Total distance (RT): 10km
Positive elevation: 450m
Difficulty: intermediate
Guide: no
Some fords that are not always easy.
Path sometimes poorly marked, follow markers and cairns.
Smooth and steady ascent to the water lily lake and to the circus.
Steep trail to access the double waterfall.
Track
Hike description
The valley of Onohea is located in Tiarei, in the northeast of the island of Tahiti.
A road in very good condition allows you to go deep into the valley
to reach the starting point of the hike.
After about 700m of dirt track, you arrive at a large water tank.
Continue then descend to the river via the bed of the small stream which is on your left.
Cross the river, then go through a bamboo grove.
Continue for about 500m until you find a house guarded by a dog.
Take the path on your left to go around the house and follow the small path.
Go up a small stream until you find a large river.
Swimming possible with rope to jump.
Go up the river to the right, following the some cairns.
After about 300m (2km from the start of the hike), cross the river to enter a new bamboo grove.
Take a right into the bamboo plantation then cross the river again.
Be careful, fording a bit complicated because of the current.
Go up the rocky bank with the river on your left,
until you find a well-marked path on your right, which goes into the forest.
After a few hundred meters, another crossing at a fork in the river.
The path continues in the bamboo grove, between the two branches of the river.
After crossing the second branch of the river, you start a steady ascent through the forest.
Do not miss, less than 500m further, the path on your right which leads to the water lily lake.
Return to the main trail. Follow it until reaching a large waterfall, rolling down a pretty wall.
Cross and soon find the magnificent circus, which surrounds you with its many waterfalls.
It is possible to climb on your left to reach the double waterfall.
Be careful, very steep and potentially slippery trail.