WalkHidden gem
Waiomu kauri grove
Waiomu, Waikato
Two-hour return walk to one of the best remaining kauri stands on the Coromandel.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The track starts at the end of sealed Waiomu Valley Road, with the first 600 m on gravel. It follows a stream with several crossings, climbs the ridge to mature kauri and has a short side track to the old Monowai goldmine battery site. Expect wet feet.
Good to know
- Several stream crossings, expect to get wet
- Side track to the Monowai battery site is about 25 minutes in
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- End of sealed Waiomu Valley Road; first 600 m gravel
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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