Coastal Loop (or Pāwhetau Pā Track) in Waitawa Regional Park
Walk the Coastal Loop at Waitawa Regional Park for stunning views over the Hauraki Gulf. You’ll pass through native bush and ancient pā sites. Get directions and track notes here.
Walk the Coastal Loop at Waitawa Regional Park for stunning views over the Hauraki Gulf. You’ll pass through native bush and ancient pā sites. Get directions and track notes here.
You’ll love the Pūweto Loop Walk in Waitawa Regional Park – an easy coastal ramble with stunning views across the Hauraki Gulf. Find out about parking, track conditions and walk time.
You’ll love this easy 2km loop through native bush in Waitawa Regional Park, East Auckland. Watch for pīwakawaka (fantails) flitting through the trees. Perfect for families.
You’ll find stunning views and fascinating Māori history at Pukekiwiriki Pā in Clevedon. This short walk takes you around ancient earthworks with panoramic vistas across the Hauraki Gulf.
You’ll find stunning coastal views and native bush on this easy Tawhitokino Beach walk near Clevedon. Perfect for families, it takes about 45 minutes return. Read more inside.
Looking for a coastal walk near Auckland? You’ll find stunning clifftop views, historic Māori pā sites, and rolling farmland at Duder Regional Park in Clevedon. Easy-going with plenty to see.
Looking for a cracker coastal walk near Auckland? The Duder Regional Park loop gives you clifftop views, farmland, and beaches in one go. Easy access, well marked, perfect for a morning out.
5 km • Medium • Today was our first walk around the 3 km perimeter of Omana Regional Park near Maraetai (pronounced my-right-eye).
5 km • 1 hour • Very Easy • The Mangemangeroa Shelly Park Beach Path walk was a totally new discovery for us today.
3.36 km • 60-70 minutes • Medium with stairs • Wades Walkway at Whitford is a little gem that we hope will be developed further in the future.
10.5 km one way • 1 – 5 hours • Mostly flat walk • One of East Auckland’s most scenic and popular walkways, the coastal Rotary Walkway in Pakuranga.
5 km • 1 Hour • Easy • Churchill Park is one of a few walks in Auckland that does not have much shelter, so it was a great day to get into the park, with a pleasantly warm sun and no rain.
45 min walk • Easy • Check tides • Tahuna Torea is a beautiful nature reserve and wetland (salt marsh and freshwater habitat) in Glendowie, East Auckland.
4 kms • 1 hour • Easy • Today we explored Macleans Park and Eastern Beach – an area that was new to us.
6 km • 1 hour & 15 mins • Easy Walk • Pigeon Mountain in the suburb of Half Moon Bay is another of Auckland’s volcanoes.
The Cascade Walkway – 7.5km of shared paths between Meadowland Drive and Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga – 1 hour 15 mins.
Part of our Pakuranga Loop Walk is along the Pakuranga Rotary Walkway which extends to Pigeon Mountain, along the Tamaki Estuary and Whakaaranga Creek.
Today we set out to explore another part of the Pakuranga Rotary Walkway, this time taking a loop behind Saint Kentigern College and through Manor Park.
We have now added a fourth loop walk taking in the wonderful Pakuranga Rotary walkway.
Half Moon Bay was bathed in sunshine this morning – very welcome after a week of rain.
This walk at Half Moon Bay explores the parks and reserves to the east, and then heads down to Eastern Beach.
It continues to amaze us how the distances between places seem shorter when we are out walking compared to driving.
This short loop walk exploring the reserves from Botany Town Centre to Dannemora is suitable for people who work at Botany Town Centre and enjoy a short walk in their breaks, families with young children (playground, ducks) and dog owners.
One of Auckland’s less known and visited volcanic cones in Half Moon Bay, East Auckland
This stunning walk surprised as we set out to discover an original walkway today.
The Maraetai Loop Walk lives up to our criteria for a route that is diverse and interesting