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Tracks to Waitawheta Hut

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

A GPX file of some of the popular routes to Waitawheta Hut. More ▶︎

Waiorongomai - Waipapa track - Waitawheta Hut

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

A track to Waitawheta Hut which takes in the historic Waiorongomai valley and then takes the new Waipapa track which ... More ▶︎

Franklin Road – Ananui Falls – Waitawheta hut loop | Closed for Kauri Dieback

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: less than 100m away

As of writing (March '21) 1/3 of this loop is closed due to Kauri Dieback A good two day starter tramp ... More ▶︎

Waitawheta Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 26.Bookings required. • Distance: less than 100m away

A new hut located at a mill site in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest park. There are a number of short walks ... More ▶︎

Waitawheta Hut from Lindemann Rd

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

A steep climb initially but some interesting Kauri Dams along the way. This route does not cross any major streams ... More ▶︎

The Best Bunkrook at Waitawheta Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

When a hut like Waitawheta Hut gets really crowded, like it is at most weekends, it is good idea to ... More ▶︎

Waitawheta Hut from Wharawahara Rd

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

An interesting walk up an old tram line and then over the ridge to the Waitawheta Valley. As the track ... More ▶︎

Kaimai North-South (Karangahake to Thompsons Track)

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

The northern half of the Kaimai North-South track, and my first GPX file uploaded here. More ▶︎

Waitawheta Tramway

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 100m away

This is any easy overnight tramp in the Kaimai ranges. It follows the path of an old logging tramway up ... More ▶︎

Aranui Falls

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

View from the top of Aranui falls - 100m More ▶︎

Trout from Waitawheta River

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

Rainbow trout caught Nov 2000 in big pool under the bridge just up from the site of the old Waitawheta ... More ▶︎

Turntable

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

Remains of tram turntable at old mill and Hut Site. More ▶︎

Aranui Falls

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

Scenic Aranui falls from the lookout (20mins from Woodland Rd and Waitengaue Junction) More ▶︎

Tramway

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

Well defined track following the old tramway More ▶︎

Old Bogie

Photograph • Distance: 100m away

Old bogie with Kauri Log More ▶︎

Waitawheta Bridge

Photograph • Distance: 129m away

Bridge over Waitawheta Stream, near new hut. More ▶︎

North South Track

Track • 7 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 129m away

Traversing the length of the Kaimai Range from the Karangahake Gorge to the Mamaku Plateau, this track follows historic trails ... More ▶︎

Waitawheta Hut

Photograph • Distance: 129m away

The newer, bigger version of Waitawheta Hut, built at the old mill site further up the picturesque Waitawheta valley. More ▶︎

Te Aroha - Waitawheta Tramway Circuit

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 129m away

A varied loop through Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park, including both the highest point in the park and a section of ... More ▶︎

Mangamuka Hut loop

Track • 2 days. Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 154m away

A two day pleasant walk over old tramlines in the Lower Kaimai Mamaku forest park with a night in a ... More ▶︎

Routes to Puketutu Hut

GPX file • Distance: 265m away

Three routes to Puketutu Hut. The Upland Rd one is as described by Ledge. The second is the route we ... More ▶︎

Daly's Clearing Loop Track

Track • 1 day. Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 336m away

A quick and easy weekend getaway. Leaves from Franklin Rd and loops around past Dalys Clearing Hut to join the ... More ▶︎

Dickey Flat campsite

Campsite • Basic Campsite (DOC). 35 spaces. • Distance: 447m away

Campsite near Karangahake, surrounded by mining and logging history. More ▶︎

Te Hanga ridge, Kaimais

GPX file • Distance: 610m away

A rece of the Kaimai NI old north-south track, between Puketutu hut and Kauritatahi hut. This track was abandoned in ... More ▶︎

Cashmore's Clearing

Photograph • Distance: 623m away

After the devastation of logging in the last century, the bush at Cashmore's is regenerating nicely. We noticed young Rimu, ... More ▶︎

Waitewheta Hut

Photograph • Distance: 665m away

Sleeps about 30 Very new Destined to become the hub for tramping in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park More ▶︎

Wairoa stream Waitawheta Hut Waitengaue Valley Kaimai Mamaku forest park

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 666m away

A two day loop track through some Historicly interesting country,regenerative Kauri groves with the odd really big tree to impress ... More ▶︎

Fungus?

Photograph • Distance: 973m away

Amazing what you have time to do while recovering from a 15 metre slide down a bank More ▶︎

Mt Eliza Summit

Photograph • Distance: 973m away

Looking North from Mt Eliza summit to Sentinel Rock More ▶︎

Puketutu Track

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.1km away

This track connects the Old and New North - South Tracks in the Kaimai - Mamaku Forest Park. The track ... More ▶︎

Looking back towards Tauranga

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Great views from the top of the range. This is looking east towards Tauranga More ▶︎

Someone Give That Man A Scout Badge!

Article • Distance: 1.3km away

Te Aroha Domain, Waitawheta, Katikati Trip Report More ▶︎

Wairere Falls from the top

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Looking over the lip of Wairere Falls. In a good westerly the water gets blowen back over you at this ... More ▶︎

Wairere Falls

Track • 0 – 1 day. Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.3km away

A popular walk up to these spectacular falls More ▶︎

Wairoa Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Wairoa Shelter is on the edge of quite a nice clearing. It slopes a bit but there would be places ... More ▶︎

Te Whare Okioki Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (Private). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: 1.3km away

A new hut built by the Kaimai Ridgeway Trust and administered by DOC. Bookings can be made on the DOC ... More ▶︎

Te Whare Okioki Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

A new hut in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park. A little unusual in that it is of concrete construction. More ▶︎

Te Whare Okioki

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: 1.3km away

A new hut built 2019. The hut is located at Ngamuwahine Clearing in the Kaimai Range and serves as a ... More ▶︎

Cashmore Track

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Might drown, but you won't get lost. More ▶︎

Te Rereatukahia Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 1.4km away

A fairly standard hut showing its years, high up in the Kaimai Mamaku's. A fairly decent view to the southwest ... More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut from Thompson's Track

GPX file • Distance: 1.4km away

This is the route we took up Thompson's Track to the Kauritatahi Hut, with a detour on the second day ... More ▶︎

Wairoa Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

The tired but well used Wairoa Shelter. About two hours from Lindeman road. More ▶︎

Wairoa Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 1.4km away

A basic three walled shelter with a dirt floor. Would be ok if caught in bad weather, or for a ... More ▶︎

Motutapere hut refurbished

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Recently reclad with a bunk and a porch added More ▶︎

View to Motutapere and Sentinel Rock

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Mountains photographed from the hills further north of Thompsons Track. Motutapere Hut is over the ridge between Motutapere and Mt ... More ▶︎

Mt Eliza Mine

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Eliza Mine shaft is located on the steep eastern slopes of Mt Eliza (581m), 50m off the main track. Several ... More ▶︎

Motutapere Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 1.4km away

Motutapere Hut is one of the Forgotten Five hunters huts in the Kaimai Ranges. No longer forgotten and recently renovated including ... More ▶︎

Motutapere Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Motutapere Hut is situated in a pleasant clearing on the lower slopes of Mt Motutapere, with a view out to ... More ▶︎

Motutapere Hut Route Info - February, 2009

Article • Distance: 1.4km away

Motutapere Hut is one of the Five Forgotten Huts in the Kaimai Ranges. Here's how to get there from the ... More ▶︎

Quite a crowd at Kauritatahi Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

There were eight people at the hut at on Saturday night. Here we all are on the deck looking at ... More ▶︎

Excursion to Kauritatahi Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

A weekend trip up to Kauritatahi Hut from Aongatete Lodge. We had low cloud the entire time so didn't get ... More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut (August 2017)

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

A wee 3 bunk hut on top of the Kaimai Ranges at 770m. Apparently there are good views from the ... More ▶︎

Wairere Falls

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

A dramatic waterfall on the western side of the Kaimai Ranges More ▶︎

Thompson's Track to Kauritatahi Track

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.5km away

From a very muddy Thompson's Track to an rough North South Track, this can't be described as the greatest of ... More ▶︎

View over Thompsons Track from Main Range to Ngatamahinerua

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

North-South track shown is actually the other side of main ridge, obscured. Note the saddle between main plateau (left) and ... More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut with new deck

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

The new deck is a great addition to this neat hut. More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

This hut has a wonderful view out over Katikati and is reputed to put on a great sunrise. Unfortunately it ... More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 1.5km away

This hut is not marked on the map. It is on a part of the old North-South track that is ... More ▶︎

A New Zealand Backcountry Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

There isn't anything quite the same in the whole planet as staying a night in a New Zealand backcountry hut More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

This hut has recently had some improvements done to it by the local branch of NZDA More ▶︎

First Hut Bagged

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Surprised I made it to a hut and as proud as punch, April 2008 More ▶︎

Daly's Clearing Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 1.5km away

A 16 bunk standard DOC hut with 2 bunk rooms, kitchen area with indoor running water, and large deck. Outside ... More ▶︎

paperwork

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Colin's turn More ▶︎

Camping near Puketutu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

It was a little cold but preferable to the rats in Puketutu Hut More ▶︎

Puketutu View

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

The morning view from the Puketutu Hut looking east over Tauranga. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (PVT). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 1.5km away

One of the old North - South Track Huts. This is a great little hut sitting on the top of ... More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

An older 3 bunk hut on the Old Kaimais North - South Track up on the Kaimai Range. More ▶︎

Animal skull gravestone

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

This grave marks the junction of the old Puketutu Track. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut interior with sparkling lights of city far below...

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Kept tidy by the Maori Trustees and conscientious hunters. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut from north

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Visitor log was started back in 1997. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut by day

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

A rustic, hunter's hut on an overgrown ridge track. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut (Pvte). Route Info 2009

Article • Distance: 1.5km away

Detailed route guide to Puketutu Hut walking from Uplands Rd, near Katikati. More ▶︎

Puketutu Hut at night

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

aka the Kaimai Hilton More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut Doorway

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Let's keep this corner of NZ tidy! More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut from North

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

3 Bunks and a cool pull-down hammock...with more foam mattresses = enough for six bodies. More ▶︎

Kauritatahi Hut from South

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Updated in 2009 by DOC & NZDA, this 4-bunker has a new lease of life and is becoming increasingly popular. More ▶︎

Karangahake Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

ATC trip, view from Mt Karangahake, by Wayne Clark More ▶︎

Junction now well marked

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

It used to be tricky to find the place where the old north-south track leaves the new, but someone has ... More ▶︎

Waitawheta Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Waitawheta Hut More ▶︎

The DC3 wing in wet foggy conditions

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

It was mostly a fogged up lens but it adds a bit to the atmosphere of this very special place. More ▶︎

ZK-AYZ

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

This wing in the gully makes a sobering sight More ▶︎

The DC3 wing in wet foggy conditions

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

It was mostly a fogged up lens but it adds a bit to the atmosphere of this very special place. More ▶︎

A Nice Little Clearing in the Kaimais

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

This spot makes a great camp site. Water is a little walk away but apart from that, it is wonderful. ... More ▶︎

Sentinel Rock

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Telephoto view from the grassy knolls en route to Motutapere Hut. DOC don't want people actually climbing this monolith! More ▶︎

Te Rereatukahia Loop Track

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

When we said "it was muddy", we meant it... More ▶︎

View from Te Rereatukahia Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

On 11 October 2009 we had the most stunning view from the deck of the hut. I wouldn't have though ... More ▶︎

Views over the plains from Te Rereatukahia Loop Track

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

On a clear day, the views are wonderful. More ▶︎

Te Rereatukahia Loop Track

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 1.9km away

A great overnighter on nice days. Clockwise (starting with Tuahu Track to the hut and heading back on the North ... More ▶︎

Thompson's Track a muddy hell hole

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Not the best tramping More ▶︎

Kaimai's

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Five Acre / Big Swamp More ▶︎

Kaimais

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Thompsons Track to Kauritatahi Hut with visit to DC3 crash site More ▶︎

Temptation

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

A hot day, deep clean clear water lightly dappled by the shady surrounding bush. Theres much to do in the ... More ▶︎

ECHO Walking Festival

Event • 20 April 2013 00:00 - 5 May 2013 23:59. • Distance: 2.0km away

Programme of guided walks in the Waikato and Coromandel. More ▶︎

Bunk

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Top bunk of the salvation Hut, scattered in rat droppings! Would only sleep here in an emergency! More ▶︎

Fireplace

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Fireplace made from an old hot water cylinder and held together with some good old No8 wire. More ▶︎

Dead tree

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

The hut is roughly 20m Due South from this tree, just outside the clearing. More ▶︎

Salvation Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Front view of the hut. More ▶︎

Salvation

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

The word "Salvation" is painted brightly above the door. More ▶︎

Salvation Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (NA). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 2.0km away

This is a privately built hut and not maintained by DOC. Located in the Kaimai Mamakau forest park off the Leyland ... More ▶︎

ladder over volcanic

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

North - South Trakc on Kaimai Ranges. From Thompson's Track to junction with Killarney Lakes exit to Manawaru. More ▶︎

Kamais Ladders

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Between the Tauhu track and Motutapere hut not quite the Tararua peaks but interesting enough climb over the volcanic plugs More ▶︎

Kauri Dams

Photograph • Distance: 2.1km away

There are at least 3 sites close to the track in the head of the Wairoa Stream with relics of ... More ▶︎

An old stile

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away

This is all that marks the beginning of the direct track to Puketutu Hut. You need to cross farmland to ... More ▶︎

Mount Baldy

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 2.2km away

A circuit trip on the Kaimai Range. More ▶︎

Mangamuka Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 2.4km away

A pleasant little 4-bunk hut, recently done-up and reguarly maintained by the Tauranga Deer Stalkers. The recent improvements to the ... More ▶︎

Mangamuka Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Great little 4 bunker tucked on the edge of the Kaimais More ▶︎

Hurunui Hut, Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

Old corrugated iron shack on the North-South Track, one of several humble abodes that avoided the axe. Small but comfortable. ... More ▶︎

Hurunui Hut, Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

Old corrugated iron shack on the North-South Track, one of several humble abodes that avoided the axe. Small but comfortable. ... More ▶︎

Hurunui Hut, Kaimai - Mamaku Forest Park

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

A three bunk, 2 mattress hut that could pass as a garden shed if located closer to civilisation. Stinking hot ... More ▶︎

Hurunui Hut, Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 3.3km away

The hut has been upgraded - has been reclad and now has a porch - no longer the old corrugated ... More ▶︎

Mangakino Shelter, Kaimais

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 3.6km away

A roof only shelter on the Mangakino Track on the old North - South Kaimai Track. The area is about ... More ▶︎

Mangakino Shelter, Kaimais

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

A large shelter on the Mangakino Track about 3 hours South of Daley's Clearing and 3 hours from Te Aroha. More ▶︎

Waitengaue Campsite

Campsite • Informal campsite (DOC). • Distance: 3.7km away

A clearing where the Waitengaue Hut used to be. More ▶︎

Waitengaue Hut site

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

Who stole the hut? Not a great photo - but include it here so as to point out that this hut ... More ▶︎

From Pukekohatu looking South along the Kaimai Range

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

The track follows the old North South Track for a short distance. The rest of the route south from here ... More ▶︎

Tunnel on the Piako County Tramway

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

It's a bit alarming arriving here because the track seems to end. But on closer inspection there is light at ... More ▶︎

Butler's Incline

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

The restored headgear at the top of Butler's Incline More ▶︎

Hardy's Hut, Te Aroha

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

The ruins of Hardy's Hut - an old miner's hut (or should I say prospector, as nothing much of worth ... More ▶︎

The difference between a track and a route is?

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

My Aussie mate wanted to know the difference so to his delite I showed him for a couple of days. ... More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha

GPX file • Distance: 5.7km away

A GPX showing a couple of the routes on this mountain More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha Track

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Mt Te Aroha track, last stages before summit. More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha Track

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Mt Te Aroha track, last stages before summit. More ▶︎

Te Aroha Summit

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

We enjoyed this tramp found it step in places and then the track appeared to go on and on. was ... More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha Track

Track • Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 5.7km away

Track to top of Mt Te Aroha from Te Aroha Domain. More ▶︎

Te Aroha

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

The TV mast and trip compete for attention atop Te Aroha (953m). More ▶︎

Northeast Track from Te Aroha

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

The view east across Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park from the summit of Te Aroha. The Mangakino catchment is to the left ... More ▶︎

Mount Te Aroha

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 5.7km away

A decent climb through rich forest to the summit of Te Aroha (953m), the highest point in the Kaimai Ranges. ... More ▶︎

Te Aroha

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

At 953m, Te Aroha is the highest point in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park. Views from the track northeast of the ... More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha in the snow

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Every time that I have been on the summit of Mt Te Aroha it has been very cold, but this ... More ▶︎

Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park

Place • Conservation Park. 371.41km². • Distance: 5.7km away

A narrow strip of land including the Kaimai Ranges and the Mamaku Plateau. More ▶︎

Mt Te Aroha

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Track well formed till Whakapipi lookout then turns more natural More ▶︎

Te Aroha in the snow

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Track up Mt Te Aroha in the snow. October 2009. More ▶︎