Urchin

Waipakihi

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Date: 19/11/2021.
Trip type: Tramp: Easy-Medium.
Location: Kaimanawa Forest Park.
Author: Jane.
Trampers: Monique (trip leader), Amy, Annabelle, Cindy, Howard, Jane, Karen, Sara, Tom.

So lucky with the traffic on Friday night! We got to the Urchin campsite at the end of Kaimanawa Road at around 10.15pm. Urchin campsite has ample grassy sites (compared with gravelly Waitaha Valley/Waikoko campsite); it’s about a 10-minute drive between the two. So lucky with the weather, too – a clear sky and no … Read more

Big Country and Big River in the Kaimanawa Range

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Date: 7-9 June 2019.
Trip type: MF Tramp.
Location: Kaimanawa Forest Park.
Author: Tony S.
Trampers: James, Maj-Britt, Quinn, Tereza (leader), Tony S.

Kaimanawa Range

I had never been to the Kaimanawa Forest Park so when Tereza put this trip on the schedule I signed up.  This trip also coincided with the start of some annual leave for me, so if we had a late return to Wellington on the Sunday I didn’t have to worry about getting up early … Read more

Waipakihi Hut via Urchin

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Date: May 2015.
Trip type: Tramp - medium .
Location: Kaimanawa Range.
Author: Kevin Cole.
Trampers: Kevin Cole, Andrei Zubkov (leader).

  Having scheduled a couple of trips to the Kaimanawas only to see them founder from a lack of interest I was getting pretty desperate to explore this unknown Forest Park. It was fortunate therefore that it now appeared on the schedule as both medium and easy medium trips, so I keenly signed up. Following … Read more