Waipoua Walks

A well-marked car park just south of Tāne Māhuta provides access to three excellent walks of varying lengths.

YAKA'S WALK: Yaka's Walk is a 3.4km loop through thick kauri forest. It enters Cathedral Grove, a sky-touching stand of kauri, before finding Yaka's Kauri, a tree slightly further down the "large" list (7th) but just as impressive. The easy walk takes approximately 80 minutes but, as of mid-2020, is closed due to kauri dieback concerns.

TE MATUA NGAHERE: Te Matua Ngahere is the silver medalist to

Tāne Māhuta's gold. The Father of the Forest is thicker/girthier than Tāne but is 20m shorter. It's also older, at an estimated 2000 years. The track is 730m long and takes about 20 minutes each way. FOUR SISTERS WALK: As of mid2020, the Four Sisters walk is also temporarily closed to protect against dieback. When open, a short 350m loop walk leads to a family of four towering kauri trees. The trees may be more than 500 years old and are thought to have come from the same seed pod.

Yaka's Walk, Waipoua Forest.

Te Matua Ngahere.

The Four Sisters.