New Zealand Great Walk - Lake Waikaremoana

It was a drizzly Sunday when I drove along the gravel road towards Lake Waikaremoana. There were a few days left of 2020 and this was my last adventure to see in the new year. I had never driven past Ruatāhuna before that and was told to expect a windy gravel road...a lot of narrow corners and dust.

Lake Waikaremoana is in the Hawke’s Bay region, about an hour from Wairoa. I think it took me about four hours from Whakatāne (SH 38), and that’s with a few photo stops. It was slightly faster on the way home, or at least it felt like it. Ngai Tūhoe (the iwi/tribe of Te Urewera) call themselves the children of the mist. The mist certainly followed me all the way up the Panekire Ranges towards the hut.

The Local Tourist, Cultural, Hawke's BayRonna Grace Funtelar2 February 2021thelocaltourist, newzealand, nznatural, hobbyhiker, femalehiker, lakewaikaremoana, nzgreatwalk, hawkesbay, hawkesbayregion, dosomethingnewnz, backcountry, backcountryhikingComment