Walk #179, 19th November 2025
This walk is through an impressive limestone gorge that passes underneath a 17 m high natural arch. There are two arches, one on top of the other.
There are supposed to be giant oyster shell fossils beyond the bridges but we couldn’t find them.
The walk is on the scenic Te Henga road, and further up the road going west is Piripiri Cave and Marokopa Falls.
Walk: Waikato / King Country 29
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Walk #178, 19th November 2025
This beautiful 35 m high waterfall is on the Te Anga Road in the Waitomo region. Also on the same scenic road, going toward Waitomo, is the Piripiri cave and the Mangapohe Natural Bridge.
Walk: Waikato / King Country 30
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The Ruakuri walkway is a short 45 minute walk following the Waitomo river.
I returned with my husband to do the walk a second time, just before New Zealand went into lockdown.
Walk: South Waikato 28
Walk 22, First walk here, 14 Dec 2019
My son, daughter, son-in-law, sister and brother-in-law came with me on this walk. The Ruakuri walkway is a short 45 minute walk following the Waitomo river.
The walk goes through outcrops, caves and a large natural tunnel that looks down at the Ruakuri stream as it does a U-turn through the tunnel.
This walk is an old Maori trail that they used to travel inland from the coast. Ruakuri means den of dogs.
Walk: South Waikato 28
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The history: TALES OF THE CAVE COUNTRY
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