9am & 11.45am Sunday | Grade 2| Maximum 10 walkers |$25 | 2 hrs Is it really possible to make an edible salad from what can be found growing wild on the land? On the Foraging Walk you will discover within ‘a stone’s throw’ of where you are standing an array of plants which are far more than … [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 … [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 10 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...]
Thornleigh Farm – Past, Present and Future
Sat | 9am| Grade 3| Maximum walkers 25 | $25 Thornleigh farm has been in the same whanau since 1860 when descendants arrived from England. For the last forty years this farm has been employing sustainable farming techniques. While walking over part of the 170 acres … [Read more...]
Tomarata Lakes to the Beach
Sat | 9am | Grade 3| Maximum 35 walkers |$45 Discover the serenity and isolation of Tomarata and South Te Arai Starting with a bus trip from the Mangawhai Domain, this mostly flat beautiful walk sets out from Lake Tomarata Reserve. Walking through the pine forest with the perimeter of the … [Read more...]
Daring Venture
Sun | 8.45am* | Grade 1 | Maximum 25 walkers |$25 | NEW The extraordinary tale of the schooner Daring built in the thriving Mangawhai Estuary in 1863. Marooned several years later on the west coast, lost and forgotten until another extraordinary event, a storm in 2018 revealed her … [Read more...]