WalkHidden gem
Square Kauri
Tapu, Waikato
A short, steep walk to a 1,200 year old kauri with a squared-off trunk.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
A short track climbs from the Tapu-Coroglen Road to a huge, oddly square kauri that DOC says is around 1,200 years old. The viewing platform looks across to the Maumaupaki (Camel's Back) range. It's brief, but the drive in is a mini-adventure of its own.
Good to know
- About 150-300 m each way with steps
- Clean your boots before and after for kauri dieback
- The Tapu-Coroglen Road is long and gravel in places
- Best time
- Dry day
- Getting there
- Gravel Tapu-Coroglen Road, short signposted track
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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