The track starts on the left a little way up the steep Blandswood/Lookout Road. After a steeper section the track forks left down to Rata Stream. Follow the stream down for 100 metres then exit right back on to the track. This track crosses another small stream before descending steeply to Emily Stream at the base of the falls. The stream and falls are named after Emily Acland, daughter of Bishop Harper and wife of J B Acland, the first bishop of Christchurch, and a keen mountaineer. Getting there 9.5 km north of Geraldine, turn off SH72 onto Peel Forest Road and follow this for 13 km. Turn into Blandswood Road and follow this for 2 km to the junction with Lookout Road. Park in the car park at the junction. Walk a short distance up Lookout Road to the start.