Whirinaki Forest Park - Tramping

Whirinaki Forest Park

Tramping

Images from a tramp around Whirinaki Forest Park.

From the Department of Conversation (DOC) :
Amazingly tall trees, rushing rivers, a wide variety of habitats and a fascinating past combine to create Whirinaki Forest Park. This was one of New Zealand’s most famous conservation battlegrounds, where people actively fought to save a magnificent native forest. Today Whirinaki’s beauty is protected for everyone to enjoy through a comprehensive network of walks, tracks and huts and a range of opportunities for visitors. Whirinaki Forest Park forms a bound ary between the exotic Kaingaroa pine plantations to the west and Te Urewera National Park to the east. The Forest Park stretches over 55000 ha from near Murupara in the north to the Napier-Taupo highway in the south. The park is about 90 km south-east of Rotorua past Murupara on State Highway 38.