Ruamahanga River Walk
Short walk
Time:
20 min each way
About the area
Carter Scenic Reserve is one of the few remaining remnants of patchwork landscape once typical of the Wairarapa - grass, wetland, shrubland, and forest.
Description
An easy stroll across the boardwalk through a recovering wetland brings you in contact with some uncommon and interesting native flora, including swamp maire and small leafed hoheria.
Brown mudfish and banded kokopu may be hiding beneath the vegetation, and you might even be treated to the unusual spectacle of a duck (grey teal) in a tree.
Activities
Bird watching
Dog walking
Plan and prepare
From Carterton follow Park Road to the end, turn left into Carters Line and right into Gladstone Road to Carter Scenic Reserve. The reserve is signposted approximately 3 km along Gladstone Road. The car park is about 500 m along the driveway.
Rules
- Please keep dogs on a leash.
- Please do not take wheeled vehicles, including mountain bikes, beyond the car park.
- Please remove your litter when you leave. Recycle aluminium, glass, paper and plastic.
- Fires may not be lit in either the reserve or along the Ruamahanga River.
- Hunting is NOT permitted. Possum trapping/poisoning is by permit only.