The Best Canyons & Gorges in Oceania

New Zealand and Australia

Patuna Chasm is a limestone chasm with a river running through it, walled by rock formations and waterfalls. Visitors reach it by trailer, walk a bush track, then wade or swim the river between the chasm walls. Hamersley Gorge is a narrow gorge of red and banded rock walls, where a river runs through a chain of pools. Visitors look down from a lookout, take a short steep walk to the water, and then swim down the gorge or scramble up to the spa pool.