Moorea Falls 2 French Polynesia
By jpv on 30-Mar-05. Waypoint GCN9QB

Searched a while for this one. Found it finally:) Wet and dirty inside the box.

One of us is more eager, younger and rarely givs up. So this day as well - and she found the boks. Unfortunately was it dirty, all wet and nasy. Difficult to open and impossible to "sign". I took the "Dor Ladsch" - but could not bring myself to leave my norwegian greeting in the trash. Sorry.
The place was nice - but I can not understand that you put a cache under a tree in a place you know is wet and rainy. Sorry to say.

I definitely will look for this one... whenever I'll fly to Tahiti. Its only 15 270 km away

Quel lieux!!!!!!!
C'est époustouflant !
MPLC

Quelqu'un peut me dire si le Travelbug "Paradise Key" est encore dans la cache ou si elle a disparu?

Merci et profitez à fond !!!

Senior55

First time we took an attempt at this cache we followed the wrong trail (we were without gps) and ended up doing a long and beautiful hike but no geocache! When we returned to our car, we saw our mistake but it was getting dark so we could not undertake another attempt that day.
But we were not to be defeated! So on the first day of the new year we tried again! We took the right path and ended up at a beautiful place, the waterfall did not have much water in it and it seemed to have been like that for a very long time because the whole basin was covered in fast growing plants!
We really enjoyed finding our way to the vegetation up to the geocache!
What an adventure and what a beautiful place! Thank you for letting us discover this amazing location!

However not all was good news because when we found the location of the geocache, the first thing we saw was a travel bug lying on the ground, this turned out to be "Spyde's Wedding Bug". We looked around found the geocache but sadly no other Travel Bugs. The might have also been lying around there but as said before the whole place was overgrown with vegetation so it was very hard to find anything in all the green. So we are sorry Senior55 but is seems that TB "Paradise Key" is lost in paradise...
We left the TB "Dor Ladsch" behind and we wish it safe travels!!

Drove the rental car relatively close, but then hiked the wrong way, ooops. Eventually made it back to the car and headed in the right direction. Coords are way off, cache size is a small at best, but eventually I found it. Not much water here today (See pic). TFTC

TFTC: what a fun hike, even saw an eel in the pond up top!!

magnifique approche !!! résultat terminé en toute petite tenue vu l'importance du débit de la chute; pas osé sorti le gps pour l'approche finale car trop de flotte me tombait sur la tête. Sans regret car l'endroit serait digne d'Indiana. MPLC et cordiales salutations

Trouvé ce jeudi 23 oct 2013.
Pas évident de trouver à quel endroit il faut tourner pour aller dans le vallée. Mais de mémoire, j'y été déjà aller il y a 10 ans de cela : j'avais oublié ces souvenirs, et cette cache nous les a fait rappeler, mon mari et moi. Merci.
Pour les suivant : lorsque vous arrivez au quai : aller à gauche vers Afareaitu. C'est le chemin juste avant le Magasin AFAREAITU côté montagne. Puis suivez votre GPS.
Vous allez assez loin avec un 4X4 de préférence, puis vous devrez marcher un peu. Bonne chance !!!

We are here for our honeymoon, went out after this one with no gps map or compass...fortunately had an easy time finding it (the directions are really good), and a beautiful hike to the spot. thank you very much for the cache!

Tftc!

Waouh!! Bel endroit!! Pas d'eau malheureuement pour nous , on a eu q'un filet d'eau!! Trouvée facilement une fois la montée assez pirilleuse sur les pierres couvertes de vegétation! attention ça glisse même par temps sec.
Merci pour cette cache qui permet de visiter ! merci aux indices et aux explications de tous les géocacheurs car pas de GPS!

Attention aux pierres cachées sous la verdure; bel endroit, mais pas d'eau en ce jour.

Cache was not difficult to find, in a nice location. Can get very slippery when wet.

We rented a car and drove around the island today and this was on our list to do. We turned down the street after the hospital and bridge when heading east and drove by the school which was the correct road. At first we were not sure but after driving slow on dirt road a man told us to keep going to get to the falls. We parked in the small lot on the right and then took the road on right up to the cache .3 miles away. It has not rained recently so the trail was fine and not very slippery. We made it to the falls and everyone had gone home, we were alone. I hiked up to the spot and was glad to make the find on this one. I picked up a Travel Bug to move it along. TFTC

So sad we did not find this one. We think we found the tree, but no cache around.
The hike was tricky but it was fortunately dry. We were very thankful that we had our hiking sticks. They helped a lot in getting up and over the rocky spots.

Nous n'avoins pas de GPS pendant ns vacances à Moorea. Alors, on l'a trouvé grace à une carte.
Pour trouver le chemin sans GPS, sur la piste, à la fin des câbles électriques aériens, tournez à droite.
Il n'y a eu de pluie ces derniers jours et la cascade est très fine.
Happy coin!

found with tea05, gogata, and rocky jorge on our joint honeymoon(s).

hiking to this waterfall was my favorite part about my trip to Moorea, thus if you're in FP, you should not miss the opportunity! plus, we made a few slimy friends in water below (wound up not swimming as planned).

bring mosquito repellant!

TFTC! Found it with GoGata and RockyJorge.
We rented a car and made some stops around cooks bay during the afternoon. This was the last stop on our excursion, and by far the best. The access road is tricky to find, as there are no visible road signs or markings discernible to a non-local. We finally lucked into the right road, and parked towards the end of the road that was passable in our Chevy Spark. Passed by a soccer complex and Police station before parking.

The hike to GZ was unbelievable; through thick forest and involving 3 creek crossings. It had been raining, so the trail was slick and muddy. Lots of rocks to clamber over... All four of us thought that the terrain should have been higher, at least 3.5. The end of the mile or so hike made it all worth it, as we exited the canopy at the base of the waterfall and walked into the water basin. Watch out for the eels! We saw four, and they were not afraid of us. I volunteered to climb up the rocks towards where our compass pointed, and fought off the Mosquitos and loose/slick rocks. Once I got to GZ my geosenses pointed me right towards the cache. SL TNLN. Thanks again, definitely one of the best caches I've found.

My wife and I were aboard the M/s Paul Gauguin celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary. Fifteen years previously, we stood in front of the same waterfall while we were on our honeymoon. We enjoyed the hike and the memories. Left three Ms. Pac-Man geocoins. TFTC!

This entry was edited by RetiredGuy on Monday, 13 May 2013 at 13:42:14 UTC.

#2522
We hired a scooter that we could go and search this cache.Hot and humid day.
BTW this is not a tradi cache, this is mystery cache.
There was no any TB or GC.
Greetings from Finland.
TFTC.

#2331
Geocaching with Jykk€. Hot day and slippery path. Nice waterfall. Greetings from Finland. TFTC!

#618 On the last day in Moore's, rented a car and drove around the island. This was the last stop before the 430pm flight to Papeete. Started the walk from police station, which added an extra km to the hike. It was an awesome and adventurous hike. It rained that morning so the stream crossings were really flowing and the track quite muddy, so it was really quite the adventure. The view of the falls was amazing. Looked at the trees from the side of the track first. Then realized it's on the other side! So crossed the stream on the slippery rocks, then clambered on the tricky slope and searched at the base of the tree. Found the hidey hole and realized it's past 3pm already. Quickly logged the cache and took some pics of the falls and had to run back on the track. It was an awesome adventure!

Quelle belle aventure, nous avons cherché la cahce avec PFTRA et des jeunes amis non membres. Le site est magnifique et la cascade est fantastique. Comme il a plu avant, il y avait beaucoup d'eau dans la cascade. J'avais mon iPhone pour nous guider. PFTRA a trouvé la cache facilement. Lorsque nous étions en train de signer le log une grosse pluie est tombée sur nous et nous a mouillé jusqu'aux os. J'ai utilisé un sachet de bonbons retourné pour protéger mon iPhone de la pluie qui tombait drue.
Comme nous étions déjà totalement mouillé par la pluie chaude, nous avons pris un bain dans l'étang au pied de la cascade et avons biensûr été sous l'eau tombante comme une douche.
Il n'y avait pas de voyageurs dans la cache; j'en avais quelques uns avec moi pour une visite.
C'etait une expérience fantastique qui mérite bien un point. Merci encore pour cette belle cache.
Mauruuru, nana
nzkeko

What a fantastic hunt. The site is just awesome. Was hunting with PFTRA and young muggle friends.
PFTRA found it easily. I had my iPhone to lead us and as we were signing the log a huge pour down came upon us and we were wet through and through. I used a inside out side turned lolly bag to keep my iPhone dry. As we were already wet from the warm rain, we took the opportunity for a dip and stood under the waterfall like a shower. There were no TBs in the cache, I had some with me to visit.
It was a fantastic experience and deserves a point
TNLN SL
Cheers nzkeko

Merci pour la cache, je l'ai trouvé facilement.

Cache trouvée par temps sec. Grimpons, grimpons, mais ne tombez pas. Difficile d'accès, mais facile à trouver.
MPLC
P.S: There isn't TB. But in the description, There are 2 TB.
There is à problem.

A beautiful area....visiting by satellite. ThanKs

Amazing place. The rain was as in rainforest. Tomorrow Iam flying to LA.
GC OUT

Cette cache sera la plus belle parmi toutes celles que j'ai faites en Polynésie Française! C'est avec mes amis Cécile, Stephan et les enfants Andrea et Angelo que nous partons à sa recherche. Il a beaucoup plu cette nuit alors le terrain n'est pas favorable, surtout avec les enfants; et ce matin la pluie a laissé la place à un magnifique soleil, alors c'est sous une forte chaleur que nous arrivons sur place pour découvrir un magnifique spectacle : une cascade haute de plusieurs dizaines de mètres et dont le début est très fort en raison des pluies de la nuit. On n'a pas résisté à la douche sous la cascade . J'y laisse un voyageur, il n'y en avait aucun dans la boite lorsque je l'ai trouvée. Point favorite, MPLC!

...But not, just a zip lock bag, But the waterfall was amazing, as was the journey to it, as were the local kids we played and swam with that gave us a French lesson

Good found at 11:30. But the cache was not hidden, the Zip-bags and the tin were empty and all things inside were away. I put in a new logbook and hid the cache. The cache needs a new box, the old is dirty and rosty.
I'm not sure, what happend. If the cache was muggled by locals, may be they will come back and search again for the cache until they will find it. So I did not put in a TB or GC. Let's wait some time.
Thanks for the GC at this great location. We made a nice cycle ride to here from Opunohu Bay, where our boat is on it's anchor.
DH6AI

Off the ship "Amsterdam" for a day in Tahiti. We decided to join with an Australian couple and my sister to take a trip over to the island of Moreaa. Rented a car and drove as close to the cache as we could get, then hiked in through the "jungle" to find the cache. Our friends declined to take the hike!
After a bit of hunting around, we found the cache, hurray!
Thanks for the cache.

Read the last few logs, and they were very helpful.
The road in starting beside the sports center is unmarked, and gets progressively worse. We stopped after bottoming out in the rental car... but had to continue to a turnaround just past the first water crossing. The trail was slippery but no problem with directions and the gps seemed to confirm we were going the right way. Took 45 min round trip from where we parked the car.
The waterfall is just like one would imagine being on a South Pacific Island.
The last bit was very trecherous and glad I and Plus Elle brought good boots, as the rough ground was hidden by the folliage. Dropped one TB. Thanks for the cache in Tahiti. After DNF'ing earlier in the day it was good to get a find here on our trip across the Pacific on Cruise ship ms Amsterdam.
TFTC

#124

After finding the rigt way to the right fall, it was not hard to spot the target area but challenging to get there!

Hornor-cache on Moorea, the others are obviously disappeared.

TFTC!

Dropped TB Freistadt#8