Thread: Maungaturutu hut to Te Puke hut walk time

Hi All

Looking to take the wife for a Kaweka walk in January. Planning to do Maungaturutu to Ngawaaparua via Te Puke and Harkness over 3 nights.

The wife is fit but not hill fit, what would be a reasonable walk time from Maungaturutu to Te Puke?

Trying to determine if we flew in at about midday if we could comfortably make Te Puke by dark.

Cheers

Ted

Yep, not a bad walk.
3-4 hours easy, depending on weather, fitness, and how much your carrying.

Thanks for that, will keep her pretty light and carry a bit more myself.

Good to hear, Edward.264!

Mangaturutu tends to not get visited that much...( well, that was the case back when I spent a little time between there and Makino back in the 1980's.) Good old school, authentic Kaweka hikoi.

Cheers Maxx

You may have noticed the walk is all downhill, don't want to put her off on the first outing ��

This is Te Puke hut with the main Kaweka range in the distance.


This is the sort of country (in fine weather).


The track is quite an easy gradient.



Mangaturutu hut.

2hrs straight walk.. double it if glassing open bits...

Thanks for the photos appreciate the chance to show them to the wife.

My Wife & l did a great trip there when she first took up landscape painting, like you l did not want to scare her off future trips. Even with her then load of bulky painting gear on top of evveything else , we did it in 3 hours with plenty of stops for glassing .You will have a great trip enjoy.