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TAURANGA WALKING AND TRAMPING
TRACKS
Favourite destinations
in the Tauranga area include Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park
and Tuhua/Mayor Island Marine Reserve.
Kaimai
Mamaku Forest Park
Kaimai
Mamaku Forest Park has a number of historic mining and
kauri logging sites within its boundaries. The park also
features several popular tramping tracks.
Location: Kaimai Mamaku Forest
Park can be accessed at various points along SH2 (between
Tauranga and Katikati), SH 26 (10 kilometres south of
Te Aroha) or SH 29 20 kilometres from Tauranga.
Karangahake
Gorge
The Karangahake Gorge region combines gold mining history
and natural beauty, much of it accessible through a variety
of walks.
Location: The Karangahake
Gorge is on State Highway 2 between Waihi and Paeroa,
at the southern limits of the Coromandel Peninsula.
Lower
Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve
Kaituna
is a wonderful reminder of how things once were. Cabbage
trees and flaxes are flourishing, pukeko prowl through
the raupo, numerous ducks, shags and pied stilts forage
for food in the waterways.
Location: The Lower Kaituna
Wildlife Management Reserve is located northeast of Te
Puke in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Mount Otanewainuku
You can walk through the virigin forest covering Mount
Otanewainuku in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park. These walks
range from a 30-minute stroll to demanding and lengthy
tramping.
Location: Otanewainuku is
15 km from Tauranga. It is reached from State Highway
29 via Oropi Road and then Mountain Road.
Orokawa Scenic Reserve
Orokawa
Scenic Reserve contains uncommon remnants of coastal forest,
pohutukawa-fringed beaches, beautiful views and picnic
spots, and good rock fishing.
Location: Orokawa Scenic Reserve
is north of Waihi Beach, off State Highway 2 at the end
of Waihi Beach Road. The track is accessed from the northern
end of the beach.
Otawa
Scenic Reserve
Otawa Scenic Reserve in the Papamoa Hills contains attractive
lowland forest dominated by tawa and rewarewa. It is located
in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park.
Location: It is located in
the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park.
Te
Aroha
At 952 metres Mount Te Aroha is the highest point in the
Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park. Te Aroha township was developed
during the 1880s as a spa town. The domain at Te Aroha
still retains the look of Edwardian times and visitors
can experience stepping back in time.
Location: Te Aroha township
is located 53 kilometres from Hamilton at the base of
Mount Te Aroha.
Tuhua
(Mayor Island) Marine Reserve
Located
north of Tauranga, Tuhua (Mayor Island) Marine Reserve
covers about three square nautical miles and five kilometres
of coastline from Tumutu Point east to Turanganui Point.
Location: It covers about
three square nautical miles at the northern end of the
Tuhua (Mayor Island) and extends from mean high water
springs mark to one nautical mile offshore. The reserve
includes about five kilometres of coastline from Tumutu
Point east to Turanganui Point.
Waiorongomai
Valley
The Waiorongomai Valley in Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park contains
the historic site of the Piako County Tramway, New Zealand
oldest tramway. You can walk in the valley through regenerating
native bush.
Location: The Waiorongomai
Valley lies at the end of Waiorongomai Loop Road off State
Highway 29, four kilometres south of Te Aroha.
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