Waikaremoana

Bridal Veil Falls

Aniwaniwa Falls

Lake Waikareiti (2 hour round trip walk)

A big tree in the forest

Another big tree

This rata is 800-1000 yrs old, 13 metres wide at bottom

That dot is the car from the viewpoint Malcolm went up to

Mountains and Lake waikaremoana

We are parked by the river in Wairoa. Today we drove into the Ureweras to Lake Waikaremoana. We walked to a few waterfalls all in the same area near Aniwaniwa (a couple of 20 min loops) then after lunch did a 2 hour return walk to Lake Waikareiti through big beech trees. After that we did a walk through big tawa trees to a giant rata that is 800-1,000 years old. (For non-NZers rata starts as a vine but ends up strangling it's host and totally covering the tree becoming a tree itself.) Lastly I stayed in the car whilst Malcolm climbed up to a lookout platform with views of Lake Waikaremoana. Now we are pretty tired....about 4 hours walking today - plus Malcolm drove out there - over an hour and half the distance is gravel.