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Waiorongomai Low-Level Loop
Te Aroha, Waikato
Goldmining history on a loop walk in the Waiorongomai Valley behind Te Aroha.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
From the car park a walk takes you past goldmining ruins, small streams, a tiny tunnel and a pipeline to original tramway rail at Butlers Incline. Views open out from the top of Fern Spur Incline. Stay out of unmarked tunnels and shafts.
Good to know
- No dogs, no mountain bikes
- Mine tunnels and shafts may be hidden by vegetation
- Do not cross flooded streams
- Lock the car, it is remote
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- End of Waiorongomai Road, about 5 km south of Te Aroha off Te Aroha Gordon Road
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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