{"id":3341,"date":"2023-10-02T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T01:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:20:28","slug":"lake-waikaremoana-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/zh\/lake-waikaremoana-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Waikaremoana Track: Ancient Rainforest Of Te Urewera"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Lake Waikaremoana Track: New Zealand Great Walk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Lake Waikaremoana Track is perhaps the least popular and less known\u00a0Great Walks of New Zealand<\/a>. This could be due to its remote location, being out of the way of other popular routes. Yet, this easily became one of my top favorite places in New Zealand, thanks to the untouched nature and rainforest landscapes. Right in Te Urewera primeval forest, Waikaremoana (sea of rippling waters) offers a glimpse of how New Zealand used to be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\/\/ It\u2019s just like the lush Southeast Asia\u2019s rainforest, but a super \u201ccomfy\u201d version, without the extreme heat and humidity, flesh-tearing thorns and prickles, or bloodthirsty mosquitoes and leeches! \/\/<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Te Urewera: Once A National Park, Now A \u201cLiving Person\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The prehistoric forest of Te Urewera is the first natural feature to be recognized in New Zealand law as a living person, a legal entity. Te Urewera is the ancestral home of T\u016bhoe, a M\u0101ori tribe known for their stance on M\u0101ori sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>

Witness the forested beauty as you scroll through the photos taken during my great walk in Lake Waikaremoana Track!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is the best direction to walk Lake Waikaremoana Track?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The great walk of Lake Waikaremoana is a one-way semicircular track around the North, West and South of the massive Waikaremoana Lake. It is typically done in 3 or 4 days one-way, while I met a few trail runners on the track who completed it within a day.<\/span><\/p>

Lake Waikaremoana Track can be completed in both directions: clockwise – south to north (Onepoto to Hopuruahine), or anticlockwise – North to South (Hopuruahine to Onepoto). While the clockwise direction seemed to be the most popular one, the anticlockwise direction is actually easier as the first \u2154 of the track is mostly flat, and the last stretch involves a gradual incline, before declining steeply. If you do it clockwise, you will have to climb the steepest part right at the start, carrying your pack that is the heaviest on the first day. I did it anticlockwise and I was the only person doing it on those days. On the track, I met multiple groups of people coming from the opposite directions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Getting There: Water Taxi to\/from Lake Waikaremoana Track Start\/End<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The\u00a0<\/span>Onepoto end of the track<\/a>\u00a0can be accessed by car with free parking spots. There are also water taxi options to take you there from other shores of the lake. The road to Hopuruahine end of the track, however, is rugged and unsuitable for 2WD vehicles. You may book a water taxi for drop off \/ pick up at the Hopuruahine end (at the moment the water taxi service will drop off \/ pick up passengers at Whanganui Hut, so that\u2019s where the start\/end point of the track if you take the water taxi, it skips the 4.2km section from Hopuruahine to Whanganui Hut).<\/span><\/p>

For my walk, I parked my car at Onepoto, and took a water taxi from Onepoto to Whanganui Hut (Whananui) to start my anticlockwise journey. The latest water taxi routes, timetable and rates can be found at\u00a0<\/span>Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe updates page<\/a>. You should book the water taxi service in advance by emailing <\/span>watertaxi@ngaituhoe.iwi.nz<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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