Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wairarapa > Donnelly Flat Loop Walk
Donnelly Flat Loop Walk
- Location
- Turn off State Highway 2 on to Norfolk Road, 2 km south of Masterton. This leads to Mount Holdsworth Road. Holdsworth is 15 km from State Highway 2. Donnelly Flat is 1 km from the Atiwhakatu bridge near Holdsworth Lodge.
- Description
The walking track to Donnelly Flat passes through some of the best mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Tararua Range. Rimu, miro and northern rata tower over a canopy of kamahi, red beech and silver beech. Donnelly Flat is an attractive picnic and campsite.
The 1 km long nature walk sidles through podocarp/broadleaf forest above the flats to rejoin the foot of the Gentle Annie Track. Holdsworth is the main entrance to the eastern side of Tararua Forest Park. Holdsworth offers camping, a lodge, picnic facilities, swimming on Atiwhakatu Stream and a range of walks.
- Distance
- 2.5 km
- Duration
- 1.0 hours
- Level
- Medium
- Amenities
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- Camping
- Fishing
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Swimming
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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