Donnelly Flat Loop Walk
Track category
Walking track
Time:
1 hr round trip
Distance:
2.5 km
Description
The walking track to Donnelly Flat passes through some of the best mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Tararua Range. Rimu, miro and northern rata tower over a canopy of kamahi, red beech and silver beech. Donnelly Flat is an attractive picnic and campsite.
The 1 km long nature walk sidles through podocarp/broadleaf forest above the flats to rejoin the foot of the Gentle Annie Track.
Getting there
Turn off State Highway 2 on to Norfolk Road, 2 km south of Masterton. This leads to Mount Holdsworth Road. Holdsworth is 15 km from State Highway 2.
Donnelly Flat is 1 km from the Atiwhakatu bridge near Holdsworth Lodge.