Wentworth Falls
The iconic Wentworth Falls.
Grand Cliff Top Walk
A spectacular ridge-line traverse overlooking the vast wilderness.
Valley of the Waters
A lush, cascading microclimate packed with forest fells.
Leura Cascades
The gentle, fern-shrouded waters of the Leura cascades.
The Wentworth Falls and Leura region represents the jaw-dropping, high-altitude arena where the Blue Mountains truly reveal their scale. Moving up from the mid-mountain valleys, the gentle forest gullies suddenly rupture into a towering world of sheer sandstone escarpments, roaring vertical drop-offs, and ancient mist-veiled amphitheatres that plunge directly into the vast depths of the Jamison Valley.
This historic stretch of the range is a paradise for classic ledge-walking and historic engineering. Every circuit here carries walkers along paths cut directly into the vertical cliff faces, down hand-hewn canyon staircases, or past cascading water systems that have drawn adventurous hikers to these high ledges for over a century.
Chief among these epic cliff lines is the newly minted Grand Cliff Top Walk, a stunning multi-day traverse that hugs the rim from Wentworth Falls all the way into Katoomba. For an intense dose of vertical scale, the iconic Overcliff-Undercliff Track carries you directly under dripping sandstone overhangs to the edge of the thundering main drops of Wentworth Falls. Down in the valley clefts, the loop through the Valley of the Waters treats walkers to a spectacular ladder of rainforest waterfalls, while a quiet descent through the fern-shrouded paths of the Leura Cascades Round offers a cooler, intimate glimpse into the high plateau's hidden watercourses.
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