3138 Lindemann Loop Track

Sunday 25th August 2024

Kaimai/Mamaku Forest Park near Katikati, Bay of Plenty.

This is a loop track. Difficulty - Moderate/advanced. Length 11 km. Estimate 5 hrs 

Starts at end of Lindemann Road and can be walked in either direction. 

Track loops around the Wairoa Valley where the last of the kauri dam driving history took place 1935-41.

Left side of track is a steep climb up to the ridge. Right side is a more gentle climb on the Lindemann Pack Track. It is a pleasant walk with views, streams, fine vegetation and remains of old kauri dams.

After about 3 hours a junction reached to Cashmore's Clearing. A side track to Kauri dam site about 25min further has a shelter and will be lunchtime! 

There are excellent views of Tauranga offshore islands from the ridge. The pack track was originally developed in the early 1900s during the logging of kauri in the Wairoa headwaters area. Supplies were taken on pack horses along this track to the logging camps. As we do this walk, imagine loaded pack horses negotiating some of the stream crossings and gullies!

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