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Manuoha - Waikareiti Circut

Good Camping on the track

Good Camping on the track

There is a good campsite where the track comes down to the Kaipo lagoons from Pukepuke   More ▶︎
Te Urewera

Te Urewera

Te Urewera is a large tract of remote, heavily forested land, featuring the famous Lake Waikaremoana.   More ▶︎
Manuoha Hut

Manuoha Hut

A small basic hut more commonly frequented by hunters then trampers. Situated 5 minutes past the trig. It has 6 ...   More ▶︎

Manuoha - Waikareiti Circut GPX

A GPX file of this trip   More ▶︎
Snow at Sandy Bay Hut

Snow at Sandy Bay Hut

Winter at Sandy Bay Hut, July 2006,   More ▶︎
Winter at Waikareiti

Winter at Waikareiti

Cold Sunset on Waikareiti, July 2006   More ▶︎
SANDY BAY HUT

SANDY BAY HUT

FIRST HUT I EVER VISITED   More ▶︎
Track into Lake Waikareiti, July 2006

Track into Lake Waikareiti, July 2006

Winter sunshine   More ▶︎
View from Sandy Bay Hut

View from Sandy Bay Hut

Looking out over Lake Waikareiti   More ▶︎
Sandy Bay Hut

Sandy Bay Hut

Approaching Sandy Bay Hut from the bush   More ▶︎
Sandy Bay Hut

Sandy Bay Hut

An excellent hut nestled on the edge of Lake Waikareiti. A perfect alternative if you can't find space on the ...   More ▶︎
Sandy Bay Hut

Sandy Bay Hut

View of the hut from the beach   More ▶︎
View from Manuoha

View from Manuoha

Looking towards Lake Waikaremoana   More ▶︎
The summit of Manuoha

The summit of Manuoha

A trig and radio antenna mark the summit   More ▶︎
View from Manuoha

View from Manuoha

Looking towards Lake Waikareiti   More ▶︎
manuoha hut in snow

manuoha hut in snow

A big chilly bin.   More ▶︎
Manuoha Hut

Manuoha Hut

6 Berth hut 5 mins from summit of Manuoha the highest point in Te Urewera national park.   More ▶︎
manuoha winter

manuoha winter

Mt manuoha, urewera NP in winter   More ▶︎
Mossy Creek on Manuoha

Mossy Creek on Manuoha

Mossy creek on the ruakituri side of manuoha.   More ▶︎
Manuoha Ridge

Manuoha Ridge

Menno roaring up a deer from the ruakituri side of manuoha.   More ▶︎
goblin forest

goblin forest

mossy trees on mt manuoha, urewera NP.   More ▶︎

Lake Waikareiti

A pleasant overnight trip with boats available for hire on the lake.   More ▶︎
Lake Waikareiti - peeping through the podocarp 2009

Lake Waikareiti - peeping through the podocarp 2009

Lake Waikareiti - peeping through the podocarp 2009   More ▶︎
Lake Waikareiti from Sandy Bay 2009

Lake Waikareiti from Sandy Bay 2009

Lake Waikareiti from Sandy Bay (early morning)   More ▶︎
Lake Waikreiti at Sunset - Te Urewera 2009

Lake Waikreiti at Sunset - Te Urewera 2009

Lake Waikareiti at Sunset - Te Urewera 2009   More ▶︎
First Aid - Waikareiti Track 2009

First Aid - Waikareiti Track 2009

First Aid - Waikareiti Track 2009   More ▶︎
Lake Waikaremoana Track

Lake Waikaremoana Track

"The Lake Track." Busy track in summer with swimming and fishing along the lake-side.   More ▶︎
waikaremoana

waikaremoana

above panakiri bluff over looking the lake   More ▶︎
Great Walks Information

Great Walks Information

The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand.   More ▶︎
Meat's Back on the Menu Boys!

Meat's Back on the Menu Boys!

...As the orcs would say! Venison for tea in the bush is always a great way to supplement the freeze-dri!   More ▶︎
manuoha track

manuoha track

goblin forest   More ▶︎
Whanganui Hut

Whanganui Hut

Whanganui hut   More ▶︎
Tapuaenui Campsite

Tapuaenui Campsite

Tapuaenui campsite   More ▶︎
Whanganui Hut, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk

Whanganui Hut, Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk

Whanganui Hut is one of the five huts on Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk. Located in a grassy flat and close ...   More ▶︎
Blue Mushroom

Blue Mushroom

There are a few of these pretty blue fungi in the Ureweras. Man they taste good!   More ▶︎
Ruakituri Sump Gorge

Ruakituri Sump Gorge

Most of the upper ruakituri river disappears underground, leaving a trickle to vanish down a deep jagged limestone gorge.   More ▶︎
Pool in the Kopuapounamu Stream

Pool in the Kopuapounamu Stream

We camped next to this pretty pool in the Kopuapounamu stream, upper Ruakituri catchment.   More ▶︎
Peripatus

Peripatus

Found this cool peripatus in a rotten log in the Kopuapounamu basin, upper Ruakituri catchment, Ureweras.   More ▶︎

Ruakituri Wilderness Area

Wilderness area located on the Huiarau Range in Te Urewera.   More ▶︎

Te Puna Hut (Removed)

Te Puna Hut (Removed)   More ▶︎
Waiharuru Hut

Waiharuru Hut

Waiharuru hut   More ▶︎
Waiharuru Campsite

Waiharuru Campsite

Waiharuru Campsite, next to the Waiharuru hut.   More ▶︎

A Waioeka - Urewera crossing: Redpaths Road to SH38

Continuing my traverse of the North Island's Main Range, this trip crosses the Waioeka Conservation and (former) Urewera National Park, ...   More ▶︎
Navigating in the Bush

Navigating in the Bush

Trying to get where you're going in untracked bush full of windfalls from last years snow storm requires lots of ...   More ▶︎
Tui Flat Hut

Tui Flat Hut

Unofficial but kind-of-official hut in the Ruakituri Wilderness Area, Te Urewera. Has a hut book, axe, billys, fireplace, a history ...   More ▶︎
Tui Flat Hut

Tui Flat Hut

hut.   More ▶︎

Whakatakaa Hut

Whakatakaa hut   More ▶︎
Korokoro Falls in Te Urewera

Korokoro Falls in Te Urewera

Korokoro Falls   More ▶︎
Lake Waikaremoana from Panekiri Hut (1180m)

Lake Waikaremoana from Panekiri Hut (1180m)

Lake Waikaremoana from Panekiri Hut (1180m)   More ▶︎
Panekiri Range from the Whanganui Inlet

Panekiri Range from the Whanganui Inlet

Panekiri Range looms in the distance as viewed from the Whanganui Inlet arm of Lake Waikaremoana.   More ▶︎
Panekiri Bluff from Onepoto - Lake Waikaremoana

Panekiri Bluff from Onepoto - Lake Waikaremoana

Panekiri Bluff from Onepoto - Lake Waikaremoana   More ▶︎
Ahhh Wildlife

Ahhh Wildlife

Gecko rescued from certain destruction on the road at Aniwaniwa   More ▶︎
Lake Waikaremoana

Lake Waikaremoana

Maori legend tells how Lake Waikaremoana was carved out of the land by a fearsome Taniwha.   More ▶︎
Lazy Days

Lazy Days

A great walk hut on Lake Waikaremoana, Te Urewera National Park   More ▶︎
Vista off the bluff

Vista off the bluff

Lake Waikaremoana Track   More ▶︎
Panekiri Bluff overlooking Lake Waikaremoana

Panekiri Bluff overlooking Lake Waikaremoana

It is a hard climb up the gnarly-rooted path to Panekiri Bluff, but the views over the lake from the ...   More ▶︎
Waikaremoana sunset

Waikaremoana sunset

As the sun set over Panekiri Hut, we watched the clouds roll in below us over Lake Waikaremoana. Soon we ...   More ▶︎
Ruakituri River Crossing

Ruakituri River Crossing

The Upper Ruakituri meanders over tilted papa slabs, allowing wide, shallow but very slippery crossings.   More ▶︎
Whopper Cave Weta

Whopper Cave Weta

This one was on a river bank, she got a fright and jumped into the water so we rescued her.   More ▶︎

A Waioeka - Urewera Tarverse

A trip shadowing the main divide through the Waioeka Conservation Area and Urewera National Park. See related track for a route ...   More ▶︎

A Whirinaki crossing

The route of my traverse of the Whirinaki Conservation Area following approximately the main divide - or at least the ...   More ▶︎
log jam, upper anini

log jam, upper anini

Nice wilderness area,   More ▶︎
upper anini campsite

upper anini campsite

bush camp, anini   More ▶︎
Anini-Ruakituri Junction

Anini-Ruakituri Junction

This place is crawling with trout. Pity it's two big days walk from anywhere.   More ▶︎
View SE from Te Rangaakapua

View SE from Te Rangaakapua

View SE from Te Rangaakapua hut, looking at point 1368 which is part of Maungapohatu. taken Feb 2010   More ▶︎

A Whirinaki crossing - Waikaremoana Road Summit to Rangitaiki Tavern

Majestic podocarp forest - straight-turnked trees, reaching for the sky, bearded in epiphytes, the forest floor below covered in a ...   More ▶︎
Marauiti Hut from Northern approach

Marauiti Hut from Northern approach

Taken from swing bridge 5 minutes before hut turnoff.   More ▶︎
Marauiti Hut

Marauiti Hut

Marauiti Hut   More ▶︎