Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Lower Hutt > Wainuiomata > Catchpool Loop Track
Catchpool Loop Track
- Location
- Take the Coast Road to Catchpool Valley, 12 km south of Wainuiomata in the Hutt Valley. Walk the Orongorongo Track for 15 minutes until you see the sign for the Catchpool Loop Track.
- Description
This walk crosses a footbridge over the Catchpool Stream.
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
- 1.0 hours
- Level
- Medium
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Camping
- Dogs Allowed
- Historical
- Huts
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
- Discussion
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