Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Auckland > North Auckland > Rodney > Pouto Point
Pouto Point
- Location
The Kaipara Heads and the Kaipara Lighthouse are reached via the scenic Pouto Road, which wends through farmlands, pine plantations, passes lakes and horticultural grounds along this part of the Kaipara coast, the longest shoreline harbour in the Southern Hemisphere.
Pouto Point can be reached by road about 1 hours drive from Dargaville. Vehicles can also approach the lighthouse at Pouto from the west after travelling down Ripiro Ocean Beach at low tide, but vehicles should not be taken on the beach between Pouto Point and the lighthouse.
- Description
- A 7km walk along the northern shore of the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour.Two hour walk along the Kaipara Harbour mouth and then an energetic 15 minute climb up sand dunes leads to this three storey wooden lighthouse built in 1884 and now protected by the Historic Places Trust. At one time, this harbour was the busiest in New Zealand with sailing ships carrying out the regions valuable kauri timber and gum. To read more about the history visit www.kauricoast.co.nz
- Distance
- 7.0 km
- Duration
- 5.0 hours
- Amenities
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- Historical
- Plant Life
- Source
- www.kauricoast.co.nz
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