![]() ![]() I’m not sure what can be done about bringing the ghetto into Nature, but this place is starting to resemble a more trashed version of the Hosier Lane in Melbourne, Australia. Not only has the tagging gotten worse around the main drop of Ortega Falls itself, but we’ve also started noticing tagging going on along the scrambling paths as well. In fact, we started to notice the presence of graffiti as well as litter, and it’s getting worse every time we visit (especially since the COVID-19 pandemic). However, in recent years, zooming past the waterfall was no longer the case as the visitor numbers seemingly started approaching Eaton Canyon Falls-type levels. Ortega Falls when it wasn’t so busy when we saw it back in April 2010 The breakthrough came when Julie figured out from the guidebook description that we had to pay attention to a couple of key landmarks (see directions below). In fact, Ortega Falls managed to elude us back in our earlier days of waterfalling. When we first visited Ortega Falls, it seemed like most people zoomed along the Ortega Highway (Hwy 74) without even knowing this waterfall existed! While we tend to think of this part of the Southland as hot and dry, we’ve seen this place increase in popularity over the years (especially when it flows). Ortega Falls in healthy flow with lots of visitors on a warm St Patrick’s Day in 2019 Ortega Falls is said to be a 35ft waterfall though in addition to its main drop near its top, it also contains a series of cascades further downstream.Įxposed rock formations surrounding this waterfall certainly provided an attractive backdrop.
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