McLaren Falls Park is a 190-hectare lakeside park at 286H McLaren Falls Road in Omanawa, in the Western Bay of Plenty near Tauranga. It has one of the best botanical collections of trees in the North Island, and extensive walkways. The Waterfall Loop starts at the Waterfall Track car park.
The main walk is the McLaren Falls Loop Track, which takes about 1 hour 15 minutes. The Waterfall Track is a short loop of about 20 minutes to a small waterfall, with native bush, glow worms and a wheelchair-accessible path. The lake edge track is 2,037 metres and takes 45 minutes, with no barriers the whole way. Pine Tree Knoll has a lookout, but a section has steps. Picnic areas are at Bottom Flat and Cherry Bay, where there is a bridge and cherry trees. The park has a café, and the information centre has toilets, one of them wheelchair accessible with a baby-changing area. Cherry Bay is most photographed in spring and autumn. No camping is allowed at Bottom Flat or Cherry Bay. Vehicles in the park should travel at no more than 15 kilometres an hour.