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Aotea-Track-Brochure-Web.Pdf AUCKLAND Aotea Track Huts and campsites Booking information and fees Aotea Conservation Park Great Barrier Island/Aotea Two well-positioned huts allow for manageable walks of from the track and require transport, or a long road walk, 3 to 4 hours over the 3-day walk. Mt Heale Hut, opened to the track starting point. See www.doc.govt.nz for more Bookings in advance are essential Transport operators – getting there Aotea Track in December 2010, provides spectacular views over the campsites details. for all huts and campsites. Barrier Airlines Phone: 0800 900 600 (call free); 09 275 9120 Hauraki Gulf and Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island, The Aotea Track is special. It sits It is essential to book huts and campsites in advance – All prices include GST. (Auckland); 09 429 0257 (Great Barrier Island). sits on the central ridge a half–hour walk from Mt Hobson see Booking information and fees. within the Aotea Conservation Park – (Hirakimata), the island’s high point. This 20-bed hut has Bookings can also be made at the www.barrierair.kiwi Rubbish rugged and remote, wild and isolated, excellent sleeping and gas cooking facilities. FlyMySky Airline There is no free rubbish collection on Aotea/Great Visitor Centre, 137 Quay Street, yet just a 30 min flight from Auckland. Kaiaraara Hut is near sea level on the western side of the Princess Wharf, Auckland. Phone: 0800 222 123 (call free); 09 256 7025 (Auckland). island. This is a 28-bed hut and has a wood burner and gas Barrier Island. DOC only provides recycling bins for www.flymysky.co.nz You’ll be captivated by the stunning cooking facilities. It is 3 km from a general store, burger bottles, cans and plastics at campgrounds during the Phone: 09 379 6476 scenery of this beautiful island at Sealink bar and Information Centre at Port Fitzroy. summer peak season. www.doc.govt.nz Phone: 09 300 5900 (Auckland) or 0800 SEALINK the eastern edge of the Hauraki Gulf You should take your own rubbish to the Claris landfill site. Six Department of Conservation (DOC) campsites are www.sealink.co.nz Marine Park. spread throughout the island. Akapoua and The Green There is also a rubbish truck, which only accepts orange are the nearest campsites to the Aotea Track entrances, rubbish bags that are available from camp hosts at DOC Huts The 25 km Aotea Track loops the central mountainous providing places to camp the night before or after campgrounds ($4 each). Adult $15.00 per night Transport operators – on the island area and is a manageable 3-day circuit for reasonably fit walking the track. The other four campsites are further Child (age 5–17) $7.50 per night Aotea Car Rentals trampers. The track is a network of easy walking tracks, Child (under 5) free 09 429 0474 or 0800 426 832 steep climbs, stairways and bridges. You will travel over a range of spectacular landscapes: streams that show off Great Barrier Wheels a constant spectacle of beautiful native bush, tranquil Campsites 06 429 0062 wetlands and the surviving forests of kauri, rimu and Adults $15 per night www.barrierwheels.co.nz Child (age 5–17) $7.50 per night kahikatea with their special plants and wildlife. Enjoy the Child (under 5) free Go Great Barrier Island superb views from much of the track as you follow the 09 4290 222 or 0800 997 222 central ridge of the island. You’ll also be able to explore the rich history of Aotea Conservation Park with sites Budget accommodation providers GBI Shuttle and Transfer Service + GBI Rent-a-Car such as the wooden horse and tramline remnants. 09 4290 062 or 027 492 3641 Backpackers Great Barrier Buses (shuttle/transfer service) Quick facts Great Barrier Lodge 09 4290 474 or 0800 426 832 Whangaparapara – 09 429 0488 • Aotea Track is a 2 night, 3 day walk and Medlands Rentals has several entry points. Crossroads Backpackers 09 4290 861 • There are two huts on the walk, Mt Heale Photo: Andris Apse Claris – 09 429 0889 and Kaiaraara, both of which need to be Mike Newman (based at Port Fitzroy) booked online at www.doc.govt.nz The Wiltshire 021 876 296 or 09 4290 052 Claris – 09 429 0773 • The highest point on the island is Tryphena Shuttles Mt Hobson (Hirakimata) at 627 m. Sunbeam Sanctuary 027 282 2733 Okupu – 09 429 0349 Looking out to Hauturu/ Little Barrier Island. Getting there Medlands Beach Backpackers Keep an eye out Aotea Conservation Park can be reached by boat or plane. Medlands – 09 429 0320 Two airlines (Barrier Airlines and Fly My Sky) fly daily for black petrel/ Orama Oasis Accommodation and Backpackers between Auckland’s Mangere domestic airport and the takoketai main island airfield in Claris. Sealink offers a passenger View living treasures and The native forest on Aotea is regenerating after a history Karaka Bay – 09 429 0063 Further information of land clearance and kauri logging. Impressive kauri trees Once widespread on the North Island, breeding and car ferry service three or four times a week according to season. Passenger bus and rental car services are Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base explore rich history can be seen just a short walk from the Forest Rd section of colonies of these large, burrow-nesting seabirds Private Bag 96002 the track. Three plant species found only on the island are are now confined to Aotea and Te Hauturu-o-Toi/ available, and entrances to the Aotea Track and Aotea found along the track: the Great Barrier tree daisy, prostrate For more accommodation options Conservation Park can be accessed by road. Great Barrier Island Many of the reptiles, amphibians and birds on Aotea Little Barrier Island. The main colony breeds here kānuka, and a subspecies of hebe. Pick up a Great Barrier Island Visitor Information (See Transport operators in the Booking information PO Box 0962 are now rare or extinct on the mainland. They can be on the slopes of Mt Hobson (Hirakimata) between Guide or visit www.thebarrier.co.nz and fees section). PHONE: 09 429 0044 secretive and require patience to spot. Keep an eye out Māori oral history speaks of early occupation, of Ngātiwai October and May each year. Mature birds spend EMAIL: [email protected] for the following on the walk: and its chief Rehua settling on Aotea and claiming mana months at sea flying as far as South America and whenua over the land in the late 1700s. Being ancestral land, www.doc.govt.nz • Chevron skink/niho taniwha – one of New Zealand’s most only return to the island to breed. Watch out for endangered lizards, they can grow up to 30 cm long. the entire island is sacred to Māori. At its centre stands them on the road at night. Mt Hobson (Hirakimata), the maunga tapu (sacred • North Island kākā – large brown noisy parrots are often mountain) of Ngāti Rehua. seen flying high above the forest canopy. Their raucous The kauri forests of Aotea were logged with increasing call is part of the island’s atmosphere. intensity between the 1880s and early 1930s. Much of the • Banded rail/moho pererū – (often mistaken for Aotea Track follows old kauri logging and milling tramway baby weka) are a common sight. routes. A few areas of original kauri forest survived, one area • Black petrel/takoketai, North Island robin/pītoitoi being the summit and surrounds of Hirakimata. Much of the and tomtit/miromiro also inhabit the slopes of forest is now regenerating. Mt Hobson (Hirakimata). Photo: Dick Veitch Photo: Andris Apse Published by: Chevron skink. Chevron Department of Conservation DOC Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base Private Bag 96002 Great Barrier Island 0962 August 2019 Editing and design: DOC Creative Services, Conservation House, Wellington Photo: Andris Apse Front and back cover photos: Andris Apse This publication is produced using paper sourced from well-managed, renewable and legally logged forests. R152087 Kākā landing in a pōhutukawa tree. Photo: Leon Berard Banded rail/moho pereru. Photo: Andris Apse slip swing bridge - Summit track. The Twin Whangapoua views. 240 Okiwi 242 What to expect Aotea Track description Challenging day or multi-day tramping/hiking. Track is mostly unformed, with steep, rough or muddy sections. Suitable for people with above-average fitness. Aotea Track requires a moderate Moderate to high- level backcountry skills and experience, degree of fitness and the ability to including navigation and survival skills, required. Expect Port carry a pack containing a sleeping bag, unbridged stream and river crossings. Fitzroy cooking and food requirements, and COOPERS CASTLE warm clothing. The track is sometimes Rarohara Bay (Ungunu Bay) steep and is scattered with several Windy lengthy stairways. Tramping boots Akapoua Canyon TRACK The Pinacle Lookout are recommended. Include sunscreen, Campsite 290 465 raincoat/jacket, clothing for hot, wet Coopers Castle 495 TRACK and cold weather, sleeping bag, drink Kaitoke wetland. Photo: Andris Apse ALMERS bottle, first aid kit, food, cooking and Car park P KAIARAARA eating utensils, torch/batteries, and Day 1: Kaiarara Bay FOREST TRACK matches. Be aware of limited cell phone Hot Springs to Mt Heale Hut View from Hirakimata (Mt Hobson) looking towards Port Fitzroy harbour coverage on the track – we recommend 4 hr and Hauturu/Little Barrier Island in the distance. Photo: Andris Apse RD K Kaiaraara a Old kauri dams 627 downloading NZ Maps GPS app Starting from Whangaparapara Road, the Kaitoke Springs ia r Aw Bush's Beach Hut a Mount Hobson a Track begins flat and easy, following an ancient shoreline. Day 2: r na (pro version). a Follow the boardwalks across the unique Kaitoke Wetlands Picnic Area Mt Heale Hut to Kaiaraara Hut TH and listen out for the call of a fernbird or spotless crake, 179 S 510 NOR 3 hr tr TRACK You can expect: or maybe spot the orchids and sundews close to the track.
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