Dancing Falls is located on New Zealand's West Coast, in the Haast World Heritage Area near Lake Eggeling — a remote alpine lake perched at 1,045 metres above the Tasman Sea.

As rain and snowmelt fill the lake, water spills over the edge and cascades down the mountainside, forming the falls. Topographic maps indicate two notable drops of 27 metres and 34 metres, though additional falls exist between those marked points.

The waterfall has been confirmed by the World Waterfall Database, though full details are still being documented. Given the lake's position on a sheer alpine plateau, the falls are accessible only by helicopter from Haast township.