WalkHidden gem
Mangaotaki kahikatea walk
Piopio, Waikato
Half-hour loop under towering kahikatea draped in epiphytes, right by a bridge on Mangaotaki Road.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
A gentle loop weaves over tree roots and boulders beneath some of the tallest kahikatea in the district. The car park is immediately after Mangaotaki Bridge. The Waitanguru Falls walk is further along the same road.
Good to know
- Turn off SH3 at Piopio onto Kaka St, then Mangaotaki Rd
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Mangaotaki Road, 9 km from SH3 at Piopio; car park just after Mangaotaki Bridge
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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