Thread: MANGAPURUA TRACK / JOHNSON'S CAMPSITE WANGANUI

Originally Posted by bergaraB14

Hey guys, thinking of quading down the Mangapurua track from Ruatiti to Johnsons campsite, (bridge to nowhere track)

anyone have an idea on deer numbers around there?

worth taking the quad in for a few days? Any info would be appreciated.

cheers!

( also if anyone has any private land me and a mate could hunt for a couple days happy to swap in a chartered fishing trip up the Coromandel peninsula)

several years ago we went in and hunted the Waipapa - the track in turns of to the left (south) just down the hill from a gateway on main Mangapurua track over first big hill -Its like the main dividing ridge overlooking the main Mangapurua valley - we had a hell of a job getting quads down the track in there and likely now not passable . but was impressed with deer numbers in there - just down the track from junction thru first cutting say 200 metres there is a horse track down a ridge to the right and will take you down onto a big series of clearings -well used - a lot of clearings further down that valley - we camped by some macrocaparas down the valley - would only take an hour to walk to macs from junction along an old road -well worth a look but watch that track - scary to say the least ( if it is still useable ) look it up on WAMS maps select aerial photos and you will be able to see all the clearings - leave me a message if you want more info - we did have a look down main valley but seemed well used and not a lot of sign