3231 - Waikato Hut 

3231 - Waikato Hut - 20th-22nd March 2026

This trip will be day walks from our Base, Waikato Club Hut and be treated as a social trip. We will choose 2 from the following depending on preferences and weather. Plenty of choices to decide on.

 

Trips we are looking at include:

?         Saddle Cone & Gull Colony via Meads Wall

?         Ridge Track / Wairere Stream / Taranaki Falls Track to Whakapapap Village (start/finish from Village)

?         Lake Surprise (and maybe to Mangaturuturu Hut

?         Whakapapnui track and Silica Rapids track or doing a loop out of Mangahuia Campsite.

?         Okupata Caves.

?         Old Blyth Track.

?         Waihohonu Hut and towards Rangipo Hut and return from SH1.

?         Horopito track to Mangaturuturu Hut (and possibly onto Iwikau Village).

  

Transport – We will use private vehicles. What vehicles we take and who travels with who, will be discussed further closer to the trip with those who have registered.

Departure – Plan on driving down on Friday late-afternoon / early-evening.

Catering – Self-catering. Everyone to bring their own food and drink (breakfasts/lunches/dinners/snacks). Bring nibbles to share in the evenings.

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