Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Whanganui Hut to Hopuruahine Suspension Bridge
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Other Walks
There are dozens of walks within the park's vast boundaries, most of which are outlined in
DOC's
Lake Waikaremoana Walks
and
Recreation in Northern Te Urewera
pamphlets
($2.50). Plenty of short walks kick off from the visitor centre and Lake Waikaremoana
Motor Camp.
With its untouched islands,
Lake Waikareiti
is an enchanting place. Starting nearby the Te
Urewera National Park Visitor Centre, it's an hour's walk to its shore. Once you're there
you can explore it in a rowboat (keys from the visitor centre $20).
Accessed from the track to Lake Waikareiti, the more challenging
Ruapani Circuit Track
(six hours) passes through wetlands and dense virgin forest.
Sleeping & Eating
DOC has more than 30 huts and campsites within the park, most of which are very basic.
Lake Waikaremoana Motor Camp
( 06-837 3826;
www.holidayparks.co.nz
;
SH38, Lake Waikaremoana; sites per adult/child from $15/8, d cabins/units
from $120/190)
Right on the shore, this place has Swiss-looking chalets, fisher's cabins and
campsites, most with watery views. The on-site shop is full of essentials (hot pies, chocol-
ate, fishing flies…) and has a petrol pump.
HOLIDAY PARK
$
Big Bush Holiday Park
( 06-837 3777, 0800 525 392;
www.lakewaikaremoana.co.nz
;
SH38; sites/s/d from $15/30/60)
About 4km
from the Onepoto trailhead, Big Bush offers tent sites, trim cabins and backpacker rooms.
Transfers to/from Wairoa, pick-ups/drop-offs around the lake, water taxis and storage also
available.
HOLIDAY PARK
$
Hikihiki's Inn
( 06-837 3701;
www.hikihiki.co.nz
;
9 Rotten Row, Tuai; s $80-120, d $160-240)
In the sweet little settle-
ment of Tuai, 6km from Onepoto, this little weatherboard gem serves as a B&B run by
'100% Kiwi' hosts. Prices include continental breakfast; other meals at additional cost (24
hours notice required). Sleeps six.
B&B
$$
