A pleasant surprise as a last minute side trip! Takakkaw Falls is taller and more awesome than expected! Plenty of parking and a short walk to the base where you can expect the spray to freshen you up all over...fantastic on a hot, sunny day!! Takakkaw Falls is a great photo-op, worth a detour from close-by Emerald Lake!

We had not been here since 2005 so we had forgotten how great these falls look. We took our friends from the UK for the 13 kilometer drive to the falls and it was well worth it. A nice hike takes takes you to a great viewpoint.

Wow. Don't miss this tall, beautiful waterfall with a turn off just East of the Yoho National Park Visitor center in Fields. Road climbs up the mountain with a few short switchbacks halfway up that prevents large campers or vehicles pulling trailers. Tou srmtart to see the falls in the distance as you get closer. Once there the parking is abundant. We arrived around 930am at the end of September and there were anout a dozen cars in the first lot. Bathrooms are a bit hidden and not in the parking lots. A short, easy, flat walk brings you to the base of this gorgeous waterfall. You could get a kink on your neck just staring up at it. There are also several hikes with trailheads right there. We didn't do a hike and spent about 45 min there.

I go to see it every other year when we drive by, always different, always beautiful, Canada second highest fall. On the way you have to see the 2 coloed creek to join too and the look out for the Spiral tunnel. Any time you visit you may think you be alone there, mistake. There is always lot of people any time of the day. It is a beauty.

On our first visit to Canada in 2016, we weren’t able to visit as it was too early in the season so we made sure to add it to our itinerary this time around. The falls are located at the end of Yoho Valley Road which is a dead end road so you have to drive back the way you came. The car park can get quite busy and you may have to wait to park if there are no spaces. There are washrooms available and plenty of picnic tables by the side of the river. The famous red chairs are located just before the bridge at the start of the path that leads to the falls. The walk to the falls from the car park is approximately 2km return over a good level path. The closer to the falls you get, the louder they become. You can feel the spray too. We saw people climbing to the left of the falls. There is no path to walk this so we didn’t attempt it. Given the spray coming off the falls, I would think the rocks would be wet and slippery and probably not stable either.

You view the falls from below, and the path from the parking lot leads very close to the bottom of the falls. Easy to find, but note a low kph/mph road leads to the falls so no hurry. I am sure that the parking lot fills in the summer, but you can park along the road and take an alternate path to the falls. That path is just short of the parking lot. Two of the iconic red chairs are (were?) there during our visit.

Takakkaw Falls is a massive and easily accessible waterfall. Even though the volume of the falls is not that great, it's still an impressive sight to see. The falls is visible from the parking lot and is just a short walk to get to the base of the falls. This is probably the best quick attraction in Yoho. For those looking for better falls, the Twin Falls hike from this parking lot provides a better experience and payoff, but requires significantly more effort. I'd recommend everyone visiting Yoho to checkout this easy access wonder.

One of the under rated sights. Would not have known about it if we had not stopped at the Lake Louise visitor center. The falls is absolutely stunning in the loud, misty fall directly from a glacier. Suggest arriving after 4 PM to find parking. The road from the highway has some dangerous curves. We got caught in a rain storm on the way back and spent an hout waiting for forest service to remove fllen trees blocking the road.