Parking
Start at the Maianbar Road access where Saddle Gully Track meets the road. No formal parking area or capacity was verified; confirm legal parking before leaving a vehicle.
Overview
About Anice Falls Walk
Why go
- Reaches an upper waterfall view in a short 4.1 km return.
- Several rock ledges make the cascade interesting when water is flowing.
Heads up
- The falls are often only a trickle outside wetter periods.
- Formal parking at the Maianbar Road start could not be confirmed.
Map & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
4 active Royal alerts
- ClosureOvernight closures for deer-control operationsSpecified areas of Royal National Park are closed between sunset and sunrise from Monday to Thursday, excluding school holidays, through 18 December 2026 so NPWS can carry out deer-control operations.Official details
- ClosureUnauthorised trail between East Heathcote and Waterfall closedThe unauthorised trail between East Heathcote and Waterfall is formally and physically closed; access is not permitted.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Royal Tour Guide
Your drive to Anice Falls Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Royal National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
How Rusa Deer Got Here0:00 / 0:33
“Royal’s wild rusa deer population began with an animal exhibit. In nineteen oh six, a small herd was introduced to a fenced enclosure in the park. Deer escaped, and their descendants spread.”
Plays on the road 0.3 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Royal Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Costens Point Walk to the Shore
- Bundeena Drive Walk to Little Marley
- Mount Bass Trail to Winifred Falls
- An Echidna’s Prickly Nursery
- 43 audio storiesacross Royal’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Humpback Whale, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Koala, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 69 trails, 58 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Anice Falls Walk
A compact walk to a hidden waterfallAnice Falls Walk is about 4.1 km (2.
Anice Falls Walk is about 4.1 km (2.55 miles) return from the Maianbar Road access, following Saddle Gully to an upper view of the falls and back the same way. Allow about 1½ to 2 hours. It suits walkers after a short bush route and a waterfall viewpoint, not a plunge-pool outing.
Down Saddle GullyThe track leaves Maianbar Road and winds through low scrub toward the gully.
The track leaves Maianbar Road and winds through low scrub toward the gully. It is an unpaved path, and the mapped line drops from about 121 m at the road to 69 m by the falls, so expect the return to climb. The route reaches the falls from above; it does not include a descent to their base.
The falls and their flowSaddle Gully Creek drops over a sequence of rock ledges before joining South West Arm Creek…
Saddle Gully Creek drops over a sequence of rock ledges before joining South West Arm Creek downstream; runoff from Mount Bass feeds it. The cascade is often only a trickle, so it shows best after rain. From the upper ledge, frame the rock steps and creek line, and keep back from the edge. The base is not an official public access point.
Start and practical detailsThe route starts where the mapped Saddle Gully path meets Maianbar Road.
The route starts where the mapped Saddle Gully path meets Maianbar Road. A formal car park and parking capacity at this access could not be confirmed, so check that parking is legal before leaving a vehicle. No facilities or drinking water on the route were verified. Dogs and other pets are not permitted in the national park.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Royal
56 sightingsHumpback WhaleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
68 sightingsWhite-bellied Sea-EagleMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
12 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
33 sightingsJavan RusaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
69 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
11 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Royal. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
