Te Urewera Treks

Address: 421 Rerewhataaitu Road     Rotorua Telephone: +64 7 366 6055     0800 873 937 NZ Only Fax: +64 7 366 6056

Te Urewera Treks provides a range of unique eco-cultural wilderness treks bringing you a truly special guided walking experience. Treks that take you into the incredibly remote indigenous podocarp and beech forests of Te Urewera and Whirinaki.

You will discover some of New Zealand's most magnificent indigenous rainforest as well as the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana. You will also experience the region's rich native birdlife, like kereru (native wood pigeon), tui, and kaka (parrot).

In Te Urewera indigenous Maori culture is alive and thriving, and you will often hear the Maori language being spoken, a rarity in other parts of New Zealand.

Tuhoe - the children of the mist - are the local Maori tribe of Te Urewera and are well known for their warm and welcoming hospitality. Te Urewera's local Tuhoe guides have an extensive knowledge of the area, and the trees, plants, and wildlife that you will encounter. They will bring the forest alive for you with their colourful stories of the region's histories and mysteries.

Te Urewera Trek's trek duration ranges from 1 day up to 4 days, some of the available trek options are listed below:

The Whirinaki Loop Trek (1 Day)
This trek takes you into the Whirinaki Forest Park where you'll see some of the most magnificent indigenous podocarp forest found anywhere in the world. You will also hear about Hineruarangi, guardian of the Whirinaki Valley.

Te Urewera-Whirinaki Combined (2 Days)
This trek gives you the best of both the Whirinaki and Te Urewera - magnificent indigenous podocarp and beech forests as well as expansive views over Te Urewera.

Ultimate Te Urewera Trek (3 Days)
On this trek you will experience it all - from the magnificent, world-renowned podocarp forest of the Whirinaki Forest Park to the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana along part of one of New Zealand's great walks.

Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk (4 Days)
Te Urewera, the largest wilderness region of New Zealand’s North Island, has been home to Tuhoe, one of New Zealand’s largest Maori tribes, for more than 1000 years.

This remote and mountainous region is home to the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana, surrounded by mountains clothed in dense, sub-tropical rainforest dating back to the Jurassic period.

"It's all so gigantic and tragic - even in the bright sunlight it is so passionately secret." - New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield

Te Urewera Treks offer you an unprecedented journey into the heartland of both New Zealands landscape and her native people, an opportunity not to be bypassed.