Walk
Karangahake Gorge Windows Walk
Karangahake, Waikato
A 1.5 hour walk through old gold-mining tunnels and windows cut into the gorge wall.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The Windows Walk follows the old mining tramway and drops through a tunnel with openings onto the Ohinemuri River far below. Bring a torch for the tunnels. It joins the Karangahake Gorge Historic Walkway and the rail tunnel on the Hauraki Rail Trail.
Good to know
- Take a torch for the tunnels
- Bikes are allowed on the Historic Walkway
- Carparks at Karangahake Hall and the Domain fill up on weekends
- Best time
- Weekday morning
- Getting there
- Short walk from the Karangahake Domain car park on SH2
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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