Garden
Pukeiti
Taranaki
Large rainforest garden in the Kaitake foothills, best known for rhododendrons in spring.
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Pukeiti is a big bush garden of rhododendrons, native trees and rainforest walks, run by a charitable trust. Spring is the peak, when the rhododendrons flower, but the canopy walk and bush trails are worth doing most of the year.
Good to know
- Spring (about September to November) is peak bloom
- Check the garden's website for entry fees and opening hours
- Best time
- Spring
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Pukeiti Rd, sealed road, car park on site
- 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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