The Montezuma Falls, a horsetail waterfall on a minor tributary to the Pieman River, is located on the West Coast Range of Tasmania, Australia.For Montezuma Falls and beyond, use our Zeehan attractions planner to get the most from your Zeehan vacation.
The falls draws its name from Montezuma (1466-1520), an Aztec emperor of Mexico. A mining company called the Montezuma Silver Mining Company, formed in 1891, held leases in the area surrounding the falls.
The Montezuma Falls are situated north-east of Zeehan, near the village of, accessible via the Murchison Highway. The falls commence at an elevation of above sea level and descend in the range of 103-, making the falls one of the highest in Tasmania.
The 8km three-hour return walking track from the trackhead at the foot of Mount Read near.
The track follows much of the route of the former 2ft narrow gauge North East Dundas Tramway and earlier views of the falls include the passing railway line
The proximity of the line to the falls was described in 1926:
This little railway is a "show" line of the highest order, for it dives quickly amongst the mountains, brushing the fringe of immense forests, and at one point giving a near view, of the hand- some Montezuma Falls-so near that the spray actually dashes at times against the carriage win- dows. From Williamsford one can take a motor for the five miles to Rosebery
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Montezuma Falls reviews
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Tbh. I didn't think I could do this walk been a very long walk. And not fit. But had no issues. Yes it's long but it's flat and there are things to distract you from walk. Old tracks, old bridges...
Tbh. I didn't think I could do this walk been a very long walk. And not fit. But had no issues. Yes it's long but it's flat and there are things to distract you from walk. Old tracks, old bridges... more »
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We travelled via tar and unsealed roads to the ‘largest falls’ in Tasmania to be advised it is a further 5 km walk to view them. Of no value to be advised on a sign upon arrival that the walk is...
We travelled via tar and unsealed roads to the ‘largest falls’ in Tasmania to be advised it is a further 5 km walk to view them. Of no value to be advised on a sign upon arrival that the walk is... more »
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Be prepared for the walk. It's fairly flat, had a few trees down that we climbed over. Can get muddy so wear the right shoes. Beautiful forest the entire way, an amazing waterfall with a really cool bridge you can cross. It's worth the 2.5 to 3 hour walk. Little tunnel on the way that you can go into (Be prepared for spiders). We had the falls to ourselves. Highly recommend walking this track👌
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It was a very long, easy walk and the path was extremely saturated with water. I would highly recommend water proof shoes as it was a bit uncomfortable in just trainers. There was also a old mine shaft along the path that is clearly marked and encouraged to be explored, which I wasn’t expecting and found pretty interesting. The falls were beautiful and we had it all to ourselves at about 10am on a Monday. For some reason the google maps says it doesn’t open until 1030, which isn’t true. Also, the road leading up to the car park is sealed until the last kilometer for when it turns into a gravel road. We just had a normal SUV and it was fine.
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