New Zealand - Waipoua forest, Kauri trees
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 3.53 mi
- Elevation gain
- 266 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 266 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,173 ft
- TrailRank
- 51
- Min elevation
- 975 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 41 minutes
- Coordinates
- 420
- Uploaded
- February 11, 2018
- Recorded
- December 2017
near Wekaweka, Northland (New Zealand)
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Easy walk to see one of NZ’s most iconic trees, the Kauri trees.
The Kauris are very impressive, they are one of the tallest trees in the world, with more than 50 m in height, with trunks up to 16 m, and they live for more than 2,000 years.
The Waipoua Forest retains some of the best examples of the remaining kauri forest in New Zealand. The forest was declared a sanctuary in 1952, as it suffered severe setbacks, leaving only a few small redoubts, due to uses by the first Maori settlers and later by the uses of European settlers.
On this walk, we will first see the Yakas, the seventh largest kauri passing by the magnificent ‘Cathedral Grove’ splendid kauris forest where we take the opportunity to take many photos. We make our way back always enjoying this wild and magical forest to go see the stunning Kauris ‘Four sisters’ 4 who are very close to each other. Finally we end the way seeing the Tea Matua Ngehere ‘Father of the Forest’, it is the second largest living kauri. With a trunk edge of 16.41m !!
It's worth going this way if you're a lover of big, majestic trees!
For more information, see the second walk to discover the kauri trees: https://en.wikiloc.com/hiking-paths/new-zealand-waipoua-forest-kauri-tree-tane-mahuta-22603558
The Kauris are very impressive, they are one of the tallest trees in the world, with more than 50 m in height, with trunks up to 16 m, and they live for more than 2,000 years.
The Waipoua Forest retains some of the best examples of the remaining kauri forest in New Zealand. The forest was declared a sanctuary in 1952, as it suffered severe setbacks, leaving only a few small redoubts, due to uses by the first Maori settlers and later by the uses of European settlers.
On this walk, we will first see the Yakas, the seventh largest kauri passing by the magnificent ‘Cathedral Grove’ splendid kauris forest where we take the opportunity to take many photos. We make our way back always enjoying this wild and magical forest to go see the stunning Kauris ‘Four sisters’ 4 who are very close to each other. Finally we end the way seeing the Tea Matua Ngehere ‘Father of the Forest’, it is the second largest living kauri. With a trunk edge of 16.41m !!
It's worth going this way if you're a lover of big, majestic trees!
For more information, see the second walk to discover the kauri trees: https://en.wikiloc.com/hiking-paths/new-zealand-waipoua-forest-kauri-tree-tane-mahuta-22603558
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1,142 ft
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