Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Waikato > Hamilton > Pirongia’s Mangakara Nature Walk
Pirongia’s Mangakara Nature Walk
- Location
- End of Grey Road, Pirongia Forest Park.
- Description
Pirongia Forest Park is known for its most widely recognised landmark, Mt Pirongia (959 metres). The Park consists of four separate blocks of land, including Mt Karioi, close to Raglan.
This outstanding nature walk features some of the best forest to be seen in Pirongia Forest Park. It meanders through an ancient forest, with large rimu, kahikatea, tawa, pukatea and kohekohe and takes you to the beautiful Mangakara Stream before looping back. Numbered posts have been installed along the Walk. It is easy, but there are some short steep sections as you drop down to the stream.
- Easy walking for up to an hour.
- Track is well formed, with an even surface. There may be steps or slopes·
- Suitable for people of most abilities and fitness·
- Stream and rivers crossings are bridged·
- Walking shoes required.
- Duration
- 1.0 hours
- Level
- Easy
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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