With tickets about to go on sale and after weighing up the implications of the arrival of Omicron, the committee has very reluctantly decided to cancel this year’s event. While we believe we could organise the event to comply with the rules under the Red Traffic Light Rules, Omicron just makes … [Read more...]
Time to Go Walking… Fingers Crossed
It’s looking all go for the Mangawhai Walking Weekend on 12/13 March 2022! Ticket sales will open on Tuesday 8 February. We have deferred this date (from mid January) so that if there are changes to the ‘traffic light’ rules as the system beds in we can delay or cancel the Walking Weekend … [Read more...]
Bream Tail Farm
Sat | 9.15am | Grade 3+| Maximum 25 walkers | $25 Enjoy a guided tour of this working farm and gated community. The farm is 450ha, half of which is native bush and half a sheep and beef farm, with stunning coastal views and a long history. The walk is a rare opportunity to see behind the gates … [Read more...]
Bush Tramp in Marunui Conservation
Sat | 8am | Grade 4 | Maximum 20 walkers | $25 An energetic and long bush walk over private covenanted land in the Brynderwyns where extensive trapping has enabled the release, and successful breeding, of Northland brown kiwi since 2013. Learn about Marunui’s conservation work and kiwi … [Read more...]
Estuary Explore: Mangawhai Heads to Domain
Sat | 8.45am | Grade 3+| Maximum 25 walkers | $30 Mangawhai is all about our beautiful estuary and home of the stingrays. This walk takes you on the entire journey from the Heads to the Domain, exploring our estuary walkways. In early times the estuary was a trading hub with scows … [Read more...]
Impression of the Mangawhai Distal Spit – New Walk
Sat | 9am* | Grade 4 | Maximum 20 walkers | $35 This informative walk is led by volunteers from the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society. Commencing at the Mangawhai Boating and Fishing Club, hear the fascinating history of the infamous ‘Big Dig’ efforts to save the Mangawhai Estuary, the … [Read more...]
Jurassic landscape walk – new this year
Sat | 8.15am | Grade 3+ | Maximum 12 walkers | $55 | NEW A rare opportunity to walk amongst the ancient limestone karst rocks formed eons ago on the seafloor before rising up above the ocean to be sculpted over millions of years into wondrous forms. See cave entrances and tomos that … [Read more...]
Tanekaha Challenge
Sat | 8.15am | Grade 4| Maximum 20 walkers |$25 This walk combines two significant tracks within the Tanekaha track network, the Botanical and the Puriri, together with sections of the Falls and Forest Tracks, to make a reasonably strenuous 4 - 5 hour walk. Beginning with an easy stroll … [Read more...]
Tastes of Tara and King
Sat | 8.45am | Grade 3| Maximum 25 walkers | $65 Famous for its fertile hills and avocado orchards, come on a cross country trek with us and enjoy the history and variety of this part of ‘old Mangawhai’. The walk starts start at an avocado orchard on the volcanic soils of the Tara and learn … [Read more...]
Tern Point Ramble
Sat |9.15am |Grade 2-3 |Maximum 25 walkers |$25 Take this rare chance to walk through the well-established Tern Point Farm Park community, uniquely located between the Mangawhai estuary, the wildlife refuge and the new Tara Iti golf course. After strolling through some productive olive … [Read more...]
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