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Hakarimata kauri loop
Huntly, Waikato
Stairs then a loop through Hakarimata Scenic Reserve to a kauri over 1000 years old.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
From the end of Parker Road, a stair climb eases off to a loop past regenerating bush, a young kauri grove and a large kauri estimated at more than 1000 years old. The southern lookout extension adds 20 minutes and gives views to Hamilton and, on a clear day, Tongariro National Park.
Good to know
- Clean your boots at the boot cleaning station to protect kauri
- Kauri grove is 40 minutes one way; full loop about 2 hours
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Parker Road off Hakarimata Road, 6.9 km south of Huntly and 11.2 km north of Ngaruawahia
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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