Lake Waikareiti Walk
WalkHawke's BayOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 2 hr
- Distance
- 3.3 km
- Route
- One way
- Dogs
- No dogs
Getting there
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How to get there, on doc.govt.nzThe Lake Waikareiti Walk begins 200 m from the visitor centre on the road to Rotorua.
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. 38.73370° S, 177.16392° E
About this place
The Lake Waikareiti Walk will take you two hours to complete a return trip. Along the way you may hear the screech of the kākā and the chatty ki-ki-ki of the yellow-crowned parakeet (kākāriki).
The route
This well-graded track rises 300 m in altitude to the day shelter at Lake Waikareiti. The forest is predominantly red and silver beech with mighty rimu trees emerging above the canopy. Beyond the day shelter a tramping track runs to Sandy Bay Hut at the northern end of the lake (a further 3 hours from the day shelter). The hut (bookings required) lies idyllically on the shores of a shallow bay which features brilliant white sand. The Ruapani Circuit Track can be accessed from this track about half an hour beyond the Waikareiti day shelter.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
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Mokau Landing Campsite
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Rosie Bay Campsite
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Fire pit/place for campfires (except in fire bans) • Non-powered/tent sites • Water from stream
Manuoha Hut
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Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Tapuaenui Campsite
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Sources
- 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).
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.