Crystal Shower Falls in Dorrigo National Park, NSW

Crystal Shower Falls in Dorrigo National Park, NSW

Crystal Shower Falls is a 35 metre waterfall in Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales. The 4.4km Crystal Shower Falls walk takes visitors into a cave behind the waterfall.

What is Crystal Shower Falls?

Crystal Shower Falls is a waterfall in New South Wales, Australia. It is around 35 metres high, and tumbles into a small pool. This is a year-round waterfall.

Where is Crystal Shower Falls?

Crystal Shower Falls is Dorrigo National Park, near the small rainforest town of Dorrigo. It is one of many waterfalls on the Waterfall Way from Armidale to Coffs Harbour, and it is just short of an hour’s drive away from Coffs Harbour.

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The Crystal Shower Falls walk

Part of the fun in visiting Crystal Shower Falls is the walk you take to get there. The quickest walk leaves from the Glade Picnic Area, where there is a car park, toilets and the Walk With The Birds Boardwalk.

The Crystal Shower Falls walk is 4.4km return, and rated as a grade two walk. This means people with a reasonable fitness level should find it no problem.

Heading through the rainforest, keep an ear out for birds such as fruit doves, before crossing the suspension bridge. A short side-track will take you into the rock cavern behind Crystal Shower Falls.

Crystal Shower Falls in Dorrigo National Park, NSW
Crystal Shower Falls in Dorrigo National Park, NSW. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW.

Crystal Shower Falls on the Wonga Walk

The alternative is to tackle Crystal Shower Falls as part of the longer Wonga Walk through Dorrigo National Park. This 6.6km circuit also takes in the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre, the Skywalk Lookout and Tristania Falls.

Other waterfalls near Dorrigo include Dangar Falls, Sherrard Falls and Newell Falls.

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