Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Kapiti Coast > Papaitonga Lookout & Otomuri Lookout
Papaitonga Lookout & Otomuri Lookout
- Location
- The entrance to the reserve is at the end of Buller Road, 5 km southwest of Levin off State Highway One.
- Description
Papaitonga is a 61.8 ha dune lake in the Horowhenua coastal plain.
There is a 10 minute walk to the Papaitonga Lookout and a 20 minute loop walk to the Otomuri Lookout.
The reserve is an important refuge for birds that depend on wetlands or lowland forests for their survival. Within the reserve is the only intact sequence from wetland to mature dry terrace forest in Wellington and Horowhenua. The wetland forest associations of kahikatea/pukatea, tawa and pukatea-tawa-swamp maire are now rare.
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- Duration
- 0.2 hours
- Level
- Easy
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Carpark
- Historical
- Lookouts
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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