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 m 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.