Mokai Road End to Otukota Hut
WalkManawatū-Whanganui
- Grade
- Advanced
- Walking time
- 5 hr
- Dogs
- No dogs
Access: read before you go
The road end and carpark area is steep and can be slippery. AWD/4WD vehicles are recommended. It is unsuitable for buses.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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.nzTo get to the Mokai Road end, head north from Mangaweka and turn right off SH1 onto Gorge Road. Cross the Hautapu River and then take the first left onto Wairanu Road, then the first right onto Torere Road.
Stay on Torere Raod until you get to Torere junction and then turn right onto Mokai Road. Follow Mokai Road all the way to the end.
The road end and carpark area is steep and can be slippery. AWD/4WD vehicles are recommended. It is unsuitable for buses.
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. 39.69945° S, 176.05280° E
About this place
A very steep uphill tramp over an easement that traverses private farmland to the Ruahine Forest Park, where the track descends a ridge to Otukota Hut.
The route
From Mokai Road end, follow the orange triangles and Signs to the carpark, then walk approximately 3 hrs over an easement that crosses private farmland following the wooden posts and waratahs to the Forest Park. From here descend down a ridge for approximately 2 hours to the Maropea River to arrive at Otukota Hut.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On this track
In walking order.
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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).