Wainui Peak

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