Pounawea nature walks
WalkOtagoOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 45 min
- Distance
- 1 km loop
- Route
- Loop
- Dogs
- On a lead
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.nzTurn on to Pounawea Road at Owaka from SH92, the Southern Scenic Route.
The track starts from the Pounawea Motor Camp, on the foreshore at the end of Pounawea Road. Vehicles should be parked outside the camping ground.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 46.47645° S, 169.69009° E
About this place
These short walks travel from Pounawea Estuary through a forest that is full of birdlife. It also travels along a sand spit that is home to wading birds.
The route
Pounawea Nature Walk
Time: 15 min round trip
This loop track takes you through bush typical of the area, and has info panels with plant and tree labelling.
Pounawea Bush Walking Track
Time: 45 min round trip
The track starts from Pounawea Motor Camp. It passes through a stand of virgin podocarp forest, well populated by birdlife. It returns to the start via a loop through a salt marsh and estuary. The estuary shows an intact sequence of vegetation from shoreline to forest. The sand spit near the estuary mouth is home to wading birds, including godwits who annually return from northern Asia. The saltmarsh section of the track is only accessible at low tide.
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).