Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Timaru - Geraldine - Waimate District > Waimate Walkway
Waimate Walkway
- Location
- 2 km west of Waimate. The walkway commences near the Te Kiteroa Rest Home on Point Bush Road.
- Description
The route climbs through farmland to meet an old logging track and then follows gradually round a steep hillside, passing through an area of bush and emerging into a small gully on the main ridge. From this point the track follows a grassed ridge and leads through a pine plantation to the “White Horse“, on the Hunter Hills, a stone art piece which can be seen from a long distance. It commemorates the Clydesdale horses which were originally used to break in the land. From here there is a panoramic view of Waimate and surrounding countryside.
The white horse monument at the lookout stands 60 feet high and 48 feet long.
- Distance
- 2.3 km
- Duration
- 2.5 hours
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Historical
- Lookouts
- Plant Life
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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