Category Archives: Waikato

THE PINNACLES WALK, COROMANDEL NEW ZEALAND

By YOLOSOLOAotearoa New Zealand, Hiking, North Island, WaikatoCoromandel, Pinnacles Walk, Thames

The Pinnacles Walk, also known as the Kauaeranga Kauri Trail, is one of my all-time favourite overnight hikes and one of the most popular walks in the North Island of New Zealand. The Pinnacles Hut is a fabulous serviced 80-bed lodging making it the largest Department of Conservation (DOC) hut in New Zealand. The first…

EXPLORE THE WAIKATO REGION, NEW ZEALAND

By YOLOSOLOAotearoa New Zealand, North Island, Waikato

Waikato means flowing water a name that comes from New Zealands longest river. This flows from New Zealands largest lake, Lake Taupō, to Port Waikato on the West Coast. This region stretches from Auckland in the north, to Mount Ruapehu in the south, from the west coast, through to the top Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. …