Opua Kauri Walk
WalkNorthlandOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 30 min
- Distance
- 370 m
- Route
- Return
- Dogs
- DOC permit only
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.nzYou can start the Opua Kauri Walk on Oromahoe Road, Opua. The track starts approximately 4 km from SH11 near the Opua township.
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. 35.32018° S, 174.07204° E
About this place
A pleasant walk through regenerating forest to a lookout with stunning views over a valley that is home to kauri trees.
The route
Boardwalk on Opua Kauri Walk Image: DOC This is a short but delightful stroll, partly on boardwalk through groves of kauri to an elevated lookout platform and bench seat. Once at the lookout you will be surrounded by kauri trees of different ages – from young rickers up to 25 years old to more mature trees of about 400 years in age. If you want to walk for a further two hours, return to Oromahoe Road, turn right towards SH11 for 800 m and take the Oromahoe Traverse . This track will take you eventually to School Road in Paihia. Along the way the Oromahoe Traverse joins the Paihia School Road Track . Once at the Paihia School Road Track you will have stunning views to Waitangi, across Motumairie (one of the islands off Paihia) to Russell then over the Russell Peninsula to Cape Brett and Ipipiri, the eastern Bay of Islands.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Joins these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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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).