Camping on one of the numerous tussock flats beside the Waipakihi River. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Waipakihi Hut, Kaimanawa Forest Park

December 2018

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Just like the South Island

The Waipakihi flows languidly through tussock-covered flats with a sense of grand, open country and mountains high above on either side. One of the principal valleys of Kaimanawa Forest Park, it also provides excellent camping. Reaching the valley head is possible on one of three routes, the most direct being a traverse of the Umukarikari […]
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