Fig Tree Track
Track category
Walking track
Time:
3 hr return
Distance:
4.9 km
Description
View from Paraawanui summit
Start from the boat ramp at Waikato Bay and walk 2.1 kilometres along the beach and around two points to Poroa Stream (one hour return). At high tide this stream can get quite deep, so it is recommended to do this walk during low tide.
The track begins at the marked post (look out for the orange triangle), where you head inland along a creek for approximately thirty minutes. At the signposted junction, turn left up a challenging incline to the summit of Paraawanui (142 m).
A few meters past the trig the views to the north are breathtaking - on a clear day the beaches and headlands of the eastern peninsula are visible up as far as North Cape.
You can find the best views just past the summit of Paraawanui. The entire walk is a three-hour return trip.
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Getting there
Maitai Bay is located on the outer Karikari Peninsula, on Maitai Bay Road, about 40 km northeast of Kaitaia.
You can access this walking track from State Highway 10, driving east along Karikari Peninsula's Inland Road to the DOC campsite at Maitai Bay (signposted).
Plan and prepare
- You should contact DOC Kaitaia on +64 9 408 6014 before commencing the walk.
- You need to be fit and self sufficient.
- Take adequate food and clothing on your trip and allow for weather changes and possible delays.
- Take insect repellent.
- Take care with river crossings, especially after rain. If in doubt, sit it out.
- Let someone know where you are going and when you will be back.
- Keep to the tracks. If you become lost - stop, find shelter, stay calm and wait for searchers to find you. Don't leave the area unless you are absolutely sure where you are heading.
Toihu te whenua - leave the land undisturbed
- Respect our cultural heritage
- Protect plants and animals
- Remove rubbish
- Do not cut or remove vegetation
- Light no fires
- Keep to the track
- Consider others
- Enjoy your visit
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