Nearby | Oamaru & Cascade Huts via the Kaipo - GPX

Oamaru to Cascade Hut via Maungaorangi GPX

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

A GPX file of the route from Oamaru Hut to Cascade Hut via Maungaorangi. This route avoids the private land ... More ▶︎

The Kaweka Main Range - a NS traverse

Track • 5 – 10 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

A Kaimanawa-Kaweka traverse from Rangataiki to the Gentle Annie (Napier-Taihape) summit. 5-10 days of good track-tramping through the beech & manuka ... More ▶︎

Oamaru Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

The verandah on Oamaru Hut is a good place to watch what is going on More ▶︎

Oamaru Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Oamaru Hut is located on a river terrace overlooking the confluence of the Oamaru and the Mohaka Rivers More ▶︎

Outside Oamaru Hut on a winter's morning

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

The hut was warm but it was a hard job making a start on a cold morning More ▶︎

Oamaru Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: less than 100m away

A popular destination for hunters so be prepared to share with them. Also seems to be a lot of air ... More ▶︎

Oamaru to Cascade Hut via Maungaorangi

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

An alternative route from Oamaru Hut to Cascade Hut More ▶︎

Stanfield's Whare

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Stanfield's from the outside is very picturesque More ▶︎

Stanfield's Whare

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Despite the rustic nature of thus hut, Winston found this bunk to be quite comfortable More ▶︎

Stanfield's Whare (destroyed)

Hut • Removed! • Distance: less than 100m away

All gone - See related photo. Was a historic hut on the banks of the Tauranga-Taupo just downstream of Cascade Hut. ... More ▶︎

My how the landscape has changed

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This is the exact spot where Stanfield's Whare was located. Not a sign of it now, the nearest bush is ... More ▶︎

A Corker Cooker, One of DOC's better ideas

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Some nice person had carved pumice blocks to make a pizza oven out of this one. More ▶︎

Cascade Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

A great location in a clearing above the river More ▶︎

Cascade Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: less than 100m away

A delightful 6 bunk hut in the upper reaches of the Tauranga Taupo River. More ▶︎

Cascade Hut Kaimanawa Forest Park

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

A standard ex-NZFS six-bunk hut that has been modified by interior lining, exterior cladding, verandah and deck and wood burner. More ▶︎

Madpom's Kaimanawa-Kaweka NS traverse

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

A north-south trip down the main range through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas. See the associated route guide (track) for details This GPX ... More ▶︎

Kaweka Main Ridge - NS Traverse

GPX file • Distance: 203m away

A north-south trip down the main divide through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas. The east-west watershed actually runs through private land to ... More ▶︎

Upper Kaipo river

Photograph • Distance: 906m away

Kaipo river, Kaimanawas, towards the saddle More ▶︎

Hinemiaia winter

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Winter August 2008 wandering into Cascade hut More ▶︎

Winter in the Kaimanawas

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Looking north from point 1365 towards Maungaorangi More ▶︎

Waipakihi and Ruapehu

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Looking down a mist-filled Waipakihi valley with Ruapehu in the background. Taken from near Ngapuketurua January 2008. More ▶︎

Mangatainoka Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 7.9km away

Mangatainoka hut More ▶︎

Oamaru - Boyd Junction

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

Signpost in the upper Oamaru Valley (Kaimanawa Ranges), where the track splits south to Boyd Hut and north to Cascade ... More ▶︎

Tauranga-Taupo Falls - GPX

GPX file • Distance: 8.5km away

A GPX file of the trip to these magnificent falls. There are some multipath errors in this track around the ... More ▶︎

Otorehinaiti Biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 8.6km away

Basic full height biv with camping areas surrounding. More ▶︎

Slot Gorge above the Tauranga-Taupo Falls

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

This spectacular gorge is at the top of the Tauranga-Taupo Falls. There are several such gorges on the Tauranga-Taupo River ... More ▶︎

Sun on the water. Tauranga-Taupo River

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

The sun shining down into the gorge made for some interesting light patterns More ▶︎

Otorehinaiti Biv

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Tucked away at the southern end of a clearing, below the saddle, this biv is in good condition and popular ... More ▶︎

Tauranga-Taupo Falls

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

This waterfall is one of the more magnificent ones in the North Island and is rarely visited. This photo is taken ... More ▶︎

Tauranga-Taupo Falls

Track • 1 day. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 8.9km away

The Tauranga-Taupo Falls would have to be one of the more spectacular falls in the North Island. The track in ... More ▶︎

You Mean I Have to Put Them Back On!!

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Alternative caption:- After this sandwich, you're next More ▶︎

The O-Tree

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

A distinctively marked tree that is a landmark on the way to the Tauranga Taupo Falls More ▶︎

Kaimanawa Forest Park - East Taupo Lands Trust Boundary

GPX file • Distance: 9.1km away

I like to have this track loaded into my GPS whenever I am in the Kaimanawas because the boundary is ... More ▶︎