GRADE 1 – Max 25 This walk is created especially to celebrate our 20th Anniversary. Stroll through 5 outstanding venues, admire the very different art and sculpture with knowledgeable guides. Be amazed at the talent of our local enthusiasts and get a few ideas for your own garden. Enjoy two local tracks as you walk between venues concluding with a bush meander via MAZ and the Pioneer Village (with their own activity and sculptures) to the Museum car park. Be amazed at the talent of our local enthusiasts and get a few ideas for your own garden. Degree of difficulty: Easy walking slight grades GRADE 1 – Max 25 Equipment:Good walking […]
New Walks in 2019 Mangawhai Walking Weekend
Walk 10: Dilmah Tea Party @ Penrose Farm NEW
GRADE 1 – Max 25 A MORNING NOT TO BE MISSED Revisit one of our inaugural walks up to Penrose Cottage and Farm, a little bit of country life close to the village. Wander through the garden and handcrafted cottage with the ambience of earlier times. Enjoy a Dilmah Tea Party in the cottage garden with hosts Joanna and Malcolm Roberts. The opportunity to have your gardening questions answered by knowledgeable nurserywoman Jacqui Duffy. Degree of difficulty: Easy stroll. GRADE 1 – Max 25 Equipment: Walking footwear. Walk from Domain: Assembly time 9.45am, 3hrs, $25.00
Walk 11: Flavours of the Hills – REFRESHED
GRADE 2 – Max 35 Come on a tour with us and enjoy exceptional rich and creamy avocados and the most divine honey you will have ever tasted. Keeping it healthy there’s gold medal extra virgin olive oil from 2 different groves, with very different tastes. Then there’s the wine! Brooke Lane is a wonderful new wine company. Millars Vineyard excel at the exceptional; and Te Whai Bay Wines is home to another boutique selection of local wines. In the Te Whai Bay Pavilion we will enjoy their locally sourced produce platters. Bring your bag to purchase these exquisite and uniquely Mangawhai products. Includes platter lunch. Degree of difficulty: Easy […]
Walk 23: Views from the Hinterland – NEW
GRADE 2/3 – Max 35 Visit an old woolshed and maybe see a sheep shorn. Walk across the road for morning tea and spectacular views over Mangawhai estuary and the islands. Stroll across the paddocks and take in views west and north towards Kaiwaka and Baldrock. Cruise Lawrence road with its great views to St Michaels Church and on to the Hakaru R.S.A for own lunch on the lawn. Degree of difficulty: Easy walking across rolling pasture. GRADE 2/3 – Max 35 Equipment: Bring morning tea, lunch, water, and walking shoes. Bus transport: Assembly time 8.45am, 5hrs $35.
Walk 24: Waipu Caves Experience NEW
GRADE 4 – Max 24 Not really new, but back by popular demand…. Take this rare opportunity to explore the Waipu caves with a professional guide from a raft and by foot through a maze of passages from small to large. Check out the glow worms and cave formations. Great fun for all ages. Duration 90 minutes. We provide gumboots, helmets, headlamps, and overalls. Maximum of 12 per group. Each group also does a 1hr farmland and bush walk. Degree of difficulty: A caving trip so agility necessary GRADE 4 – Max 24 Equipment: Provided. Bring morning tea, lunch, water. Carpool: Assembly time 8.30am, 4hrs Price $45
Walk 25: Moir Point/Parkview Waters – NEW
GRADE 2 – Max 30 Walk the brand new Parkview Waters track with its great views then connect via two further suburban tracks to the Lincoln Reserve. Stroll along the reserve to the Mangawhai Point subdivision and its spectacular coastal walkway, pa site, and giant pohutukawa returning along a quiet back road to your starting point. Degree of difficulty: A few ups and downs but much flat land and easy walking. GRADE 2 – Max 30 Equipment: Good walking shoes and water if it’s hot. Carpool: Assembly time 9.00, 2hrs $10
Walk 26: Backbay/Gumdiggers – NEW
GRADE 1 – Max 35 Walk the Back Bay track to the jetty and return via the beautiful jointed rush wetland to link with the new Gumdiggers Track bordering the upper harbour and its spectacular pohutukawa groves. Enter a mature kanuka forest established on old gumlands before returning with fresh views back to the Back Bay subdivision. Degree of difficulty: Easy flat walking. GRADE 1 – Max 35 Equipment: Walking shoes will be fine. Carpool: Assembly time 9.30, 1.5hrs $10
Walk 27: Historic Walk from the past – NEW
GRADE 1 – Max 25 Lots of tales, both fact and fiction, to be told as you reimagine a Mangawhai confronting pakeha settlers. Stroll along Moir Street, which quickly became a busy centre of commerce involving kauri timber, gum, ship chandlery and supply stores. The wharf, tavern, billiard saloon, and more, brought to life by your host Jo Roberts. Degree of difficulty: Easy walking largely flat terrain GRADE 1 – Max 25 Equipment: Good walking shoes and water Walk from domain: Assembly time 9.15am, 1.5hrs $10
Walk 29: Lookouts at Heads – NEW
GRADE 3/4 – Max 30 Visit the two outstanding Heads lookouts, the first a short climb for spectacular views of the inner harbour and harbour entrance. The second longer climb up the first section of the Goldschmidt Track with views to Pakiri in the south and north along the Mangawhai Cliff Top walk. Views of Hautaru (Little Barrier), Taranga (Hen) and Marotere (Chicks) with Great Barrier behind and of course the beach below. Degree of difficulty: Climbs to both lookouts are short but quite steep on good stepped tracks. GRADE 3/4 – Max 30 Equipment: Boots or walking shoes would be fine. Bring water. Carpool: Assembly time 9.45, 1.5hrs $10
Walk 30: MAZ and the Park – New
GRADE 2 – Max 30 The Magic of The MAZ Park will be revealed. We will walk through both Wetlands and Kanuka covered areas so close to roads yet so far away in its entwining delightfulness of quiet bush tracks. We will climb the Lookout tower for views across the Park and golf course and visit the large Pohutukawa, just to say you have been there. An all-encompassing walk not to be missed if you are new to the area and you wish to see close up a jewel right in our midst. Heather and Colin will guide you through a fun and enjoyable walk (Heather is a trained nurse […]