WalkHidden gem
Mangapohue Natural Bridge
Waitomo, Waikato
Free 15-minute boardwalk to a 17 m limestone arch, with glowworms at dusk.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
The leftover roof of an old cave system, now a natural arch over a stream. The boardwalk is short and flat, and after dark glowworms light up the walls. It's an easy stop on the Waitomo-Marokopa road.
Good to know
- Take a torch or phone light for dusk
- Phone reception drops out here
- Easy walk, good for kids
- Best time
- Dusk
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Gravel car park on Te Anga Road; sealed from Waitomo
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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