Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Lower Hutt > Wainuiomata > Butcher Track
Butcher Track
- Location
- Take the Coast Road to Catchpool Valley, 12 km south of Wainuiomata in the Hutt Valley. Butcher Track begins about 10 minutes along the Orongorongo Track.
- Description
A stiff climb brings magnificent views of Wellington Harbour.
Beech forest dominates much of the range, joined by podocarps at lower altitudes, and kamahi, a predominant canopy tree (with emergent trees like rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa and maire in some areas). The south end of the range, where most of the original forest has been destroyed by fire, is covered at lower altitudes by shrub woods like manuka, tauhini, rangiora and heketara with some emergent hinau and rewarewa.
Eight species of moa once roamed the area which still contains some native birdlife, including bellbirds, tui, kaka, kereru and ruru.
- Duration
- 2.0 hours
- Level
- Hard
- Amenities
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- BBQs
- Birds
- Camping
- Dogs Allowed
- Historical
- Huts
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Tramping
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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