Kaimai Summit Loop Track
WalkWaikatoOpen
- Grade
- Advanced
- Walking time
- 20 min
- Distance
- 500 m
- Route
- Loop
- Dogs
- No dogs
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzThis track is located at the Kaimai Summit on SH29. The unsigned gravel carpark is on the northern side of the road, opposite the fresh water spring.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 37.87121° S, 175.92845° E
About this place
This easy, peaceful walking track lingers beside a small fresh water stream.
The route
This walk showcases excellent examples of large canopy trees, understory, ground plants, lichens, ferns, orchids and epiphytes. The Kaimai lookout over the Waikato plains is two hundred metres down the road. The track starts at the northern end of the gravelled carpark opposite the fresh water spring. This is a short excursion and can be described as easy, however the track crosses a small stream which could be impassable after heavy rain and is therefore classified as a tramping track. Leaving the summit car park, follow the North South Track for about 10 min until reaching a track junction. Take the loop walk which follows a short ridge before dropping back down to meet up with the road 50 m below the carpark.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Walks nearby
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Advanced • 1 hr 15 min one way • 5 km • 2.71 km away
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Advanced • 3 hrs 30 min • 9 km • 3.04 km away
Ngamuwahine Track
Advanced • 1 hr 30 min one way • 3.5 km • 9.26 km away
Leyland O'Brien Tramline Track
Advanced • 2 hr 30 min one way • 6.3 km to junction with North-South Track • 9.88 km away
Ngamarama/Te Tuhi Track
Advanced • 6 hr • 11.7 km • 12.49 km away
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Sources
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- DOC Tracks (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).