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Rotorua

Track • 1 day. Medium. Loop track.

This is a challenging detour off the Eastern Okataina Walkway. It is mostly off track with only basic markers. Good routefinding skills required but the opportunity to visit these huge and ancient ...

Eastern Okataina Walkway

Track • 1 day. Easy.

Take some good legs and enjoy the track. Fairly easy walk but some up and down but you don't really realise until Monday morning. The bush changes as you walk which is really neat and for some part...

Jubilee Track

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track.

This is a recently reopened track. The Jubilee track is over 100 years old but was little used because it crossed private land. However the Rotorua Chapter of Forest & Bird have purchased a sect...

Whakaupoungaku

Track • Easy. Return via same track.

The summit of Whakapoungakau is just off the Western Okataina Walkway. The summit is a pleasant place, with grassy clearing among the scrub and good views to the north and east if the weather is cl...

Lake Tikitapu

Track • Easy. Loop track with a road section.

A popular walk taking just over an hour. You will meet just about everyone from Rotorua who is walking their dog. Mostly in Douglas Firs but picturesque all the same.

Tikitapu Reserve Loop Track

Track • Easy. Loop track.

Just a short walk with interpretation signs. Metaled surface added by yours truely and many others using wheelbarrows. This would be nice to do in conjunction with a picnic and a swim at Blue Lake

Track grades

Easy: Unusually smooth, well-marked track, easy gradients. Up to about 4 hours per day.
Easy-medium: Typical lowland track. Generally easy walking and well marked. Ascents of up to 1000m. Some easy river crossings, unmarked travel along rivers.
Medium: Typical tops track. Experienced trampers only. Rough, muddy and poorly marked or unmarked. Ascents of up to 2000m. River crossings, open tops, passes. Up to about 8 hours per day.
Medium-hard: Navigation and snow skills (use of ice axe and crampons) required. Glaciers, exposure to falls.
Hard: Rough or non-existent tracks. Following ridges, bush spurs, and rivers. Steep ascents, arduous travel, hazardous conditions, snow and navigation skills essential.