Kiriwhakapapa Loop Track
WalkWellingtonOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 1 hr
- Distance
- 2 km
- Route
- Loop
- Dogs
- Under control
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.nzThe loop is off the Blue Range Track at the end of Kiriwhakapapa Road, 7 km from State Highway 2, about 16 km north of Masterton.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 40.81149° S, 175.54216° E
About this place
This well-graded, family-friendly loop track passes through regenerated native forest.
The route
This well-graded walk passes through forest that has regenerated well after being logged for its rimu and other podocarp trees in the 1930s. Another attractive feature is the many planted redwoods. It connects with a low-level tramping track that follows old bush tramlines through to the Mikimiki valley, and with Kiriwhakapapa to Blue Range Hut , atramping track that ascends the Blue Range to the Blue Range Hut, approximately 2–3 hours away.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Joins these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Kiriwhakapapa Campsite
Standard • Wellington • 0.5 km
Kiriwhakapapa Campsite is a family campsite located beside a creek in the Wairarapa region. It is situated near an old logging area and an exotic redwood…
Non-powered/tent sites • Shelter for cooking • Toilets - flush
Blue Range Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Wellington • 2.8 km
Blue Range Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in the Wairarapa region of Wellington.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Cow Creek Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Wellington • 5.8 km
Cow Creek Hut is a standard six-bunk hut located in the Wairarapa region of Wellington.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Mitre Flats Hut
Standard • 14 bunks • Wellington • 5.8 km
Mitre Flats Hut is a standard 14-bunk hut located in the Wairarapa region.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Mid King Bivvy
Basic/bivvies • 2 bunks • Wellington • 8.1 km
Mid King Bivvy is a basic two-bunk hut located in the Wairarapa region.
Toilets - non-flush • Water from stream • Water supply
Walks nearby
Blue Range to Cow Creek Hut Track
Advanced • 3 hr • 5 km • 4.03 km away
Waingawa River Track (Mitre Flats to Cow Creek)
Advanced • 3 hr 30 min • 7.3 km • 4.57 km away
Mitre Peak Track
Advanced • 2.66 km (to bush line) • 5.85 km away
Lower Ruamahanga Track to Cow Creek Hut, via Cow Saddle
Advanced • 5 hr from Ruamahanga Gorge Road to Cow Creek Hut • 6.36 km away
Mitre Flats Track
Advanced • 8 - 9 hr return • 8.2 km • 6.96 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).