Features

The Kaimai Heritage Trail links several iconic and nationally important historic sites in both the Waikato and Bay of Plenty with a variety of walking tracks to suit all fitness levels.

Travel the tramway track of the Waitawheta Valley to rediscover pioneer New Zealand's kauri loggging heritage with restored logging bogies, interpretive plans and stunning vistas from bridges across the Waitawheta River.

Heritage rail in the Karangahake Gorge

Explore the railways, ruins and relics for yourself at the Karangahake Gorge between Waihi and Paeroa.

The country's oldest in situ rail can be found amongst the goldmine of the Waiorongomai Valley, near Te Aroha. Restored tramway connects popular walking tracks with 100 year old mining equiment and dramatic inclines.

The most southern kauri to be logged were taken from the Kaimai Ranges. Tramping tracks near Katikati still boast the remains of timber dams used to flood logs down to the saw mills last century.