Bowen Falls in Fiordland National Park 15

The Bowen Falls ( mi, Hineteawa), also known as Lady Bowen Falls, is a popular tourist attraction at

Milford Sound Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. It has been judged the world's top tra ...

, a fiord in New Zealand. The long Bowen River located in

Fiordland National Park Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is by far the largest of the 13 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of , and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site. The park i ...

supplies the waterfall with water; the Bowen River is also used to generate electricity and supply drinking water to the nearby locality also named

. Bowen Falls is one of just two permanent waterfalls that discharge into the fiord, and, at , it is the tallest. The river and waterfalls were named for Diamantina Bowen (Lady Bowen), the wife of the fifth governor of New Zealand,

George Bowen Sir George Ferguson Bowen (; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.R. B. Joy ...

. The governor visited Milford Sound aboard in 1871 and Bowen Falls was named to mark the occasion. The track from the Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls closed in 2002 after a rock face had become unstable. The waterfall was inaccessible for 15 years and could only be visited by boat. On 29 January 2018, a short on-demand boat service ( long) was initiated that overcomes the unstable section. The round trip from Milford Sound wharf to Bowen Falls takes half an hour including the two boat trips.

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Waterfalls of Fiordland Tourist attractions in Southland, New Zealand {{Waterfall-stub