Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Manganui Ski Area
( ski lodge 06-765 5493, snow phone 06-759 1119;
www.skitaranaki.co.nz
;
daily lift pass adult/child $40/25)
From Stratford take Pembroke Rd up to Stratford Plateau, from where it's a 1.5km (20
minute) walk to the small Manganui Ski Area. The Stratford i-SITE (
Click here
)
has daily
weather and snow reports; otherwise ring the snow phone or check the webcam online.
SKIING
Tours
GUIDED HIKE
Mt Taranaki Guided Tours
( 027 441 7042;
www.mttaranakiguidedtours.co.nz
)
Guided hikes on the mountain from one to three
days, with the appropriately named Ian McAlpine. Price on application.
Taranaki Tours
( 0800 886 877, 06-757 9888;
www.taranakitours.com
;
per person from $130)
Runs an around-the-moun-
tain day tour, strong on Maori culture and natural history.
GUIDED TOUR
Heliview
( 0800 767 886, 06-753 0123;
www.heliview.co.nz
;
flights from $149)
A 25-minute 'Port to Peak' sum-
mit flight costs $249 per passenger.
SCENIC FLIGHTS
Sleeping & Eating
Several DOC huts are scattered about the mountain, accessible by tramping tracks. Most
cost $15 per night (Syme and Kahui cost $5); purchase hut tickets in advance from DOC.
BYO cooking, eating and sleeping gear, and bookings are not accepted - it's first come,
first served. There are also sleeping options in nearby Stratford and Inglewood.
Camphouse
( 06-278 6523;
www.mttaranaki.co.nz
;
Egmont Rd, North Egmont; dm/d/f $38/90/225)
Bunkhouse-style ac-
commodation behind the North Egmont visitor centre in a historic 1850 corrugated-iron
building, complete with gun slots in the walls (through which settlers fired at local Maori
during the Taranaki Land Wars). Horizon views from the porch. Day use $20 per walker
(hot showers).
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