Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
The DOC-run
Te Urewera National Park Visitor Centre
( 06-837 3803;
www.doc.govt.nz
; Aniwaniwa;
8am-4.45pm)
has weather forecasts, accommodation information and hut or campsite passes
for the Lake Waikaremoana Track.
Getting There & Around
Lake Waikaremoana is about an hour from Wairoa on SH38, which continues through to
Rotorua. Around 95km of the entire 195km Wairoa-to-Rotorua route is unsealed: it's a
four-hour bone-rattling ride.
Big Bush Water Taxi
( 06-837 3777, 0800 525 392;
www.lakewaikaremoana.co.nz
)
will ship you to
either Onepoto or Hopuruahine trailhead ($50 return), with hut-to-hut pack transfers for
the less gung-ho. It also runs shuttles to and from Wairoa ($50 one way).