Akatarawa

Akatarawa Canyon Day Trip

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Date: 24 November 2018.
Trip type: Canyoning EM (v3a2).
Location: Akatarawa Forest Park.
Author: MeganS and Marie.
Trampers: MeganS (leader), Bart, Caryl, David, EmilyS, Marie, MikeC, MikeW, Tracey.

Team Badger post-canyoning adventure

Canyoning has a narrow season – focused around summer for less time shivering and lower water hazard. This trip was great as a season starter – to get back in to the swing of it and to take a few people out on their first trip – the access is relatively easy and the canyon … Read more

Two Akatarawa Daywalks

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Date: 4 October 2014 and September 2014.
Trip type: Daywalk.
Location: 1 - Karapoti Road (Akatarawa Forest) AND 2 - Wainui Peak (Whareroa Farm, Akatarawa Forest).
Author: Michael Lightbourne.
Trampers: Peter Silverwood (leader), Chris Bolton (photographer), Michael Lightbourne.

Karapoti Road The starting point of this walk is a short way down Karapoti Road, which is accessed from Akatarawa Road a few kilometres from Upper Hutt.  From the carpark, the walk is through Karapoti Gorge which has really nice native bush next to the Akatarawa River. The track is wide and flat, but had … Read more