Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk
Reviews
Susanne
Ranking: 9/10
Nice walk, peaceful feeling.
Julian Gury
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful walk around the lake and impressive view at the top of the hill for the first morning. But the water taxi is too expensive.
Sylvain Chanton
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice walk around the lake. Very good huts.
Sylvain Schiber
Ranking: 9/10
Did it in October in 3 days/ 2 nights. If you do it clockwise you will start with the "hard" part. DOC office & water taxi ($50) on the road.
Rolf
Ranking: 8/10
Nice and lovely walk. If you have the chance to do it. Lovely view of the lake.
Flora Kiessling
Ranking: 10/10
Not so crowded, wonderfully located huts, very varied, peaceful, breathtaking views.
Johannes Marold
Ranking: 9/10
Great nature, especially the first day. Untouched, ancient forest like in a fairytale.
Tatiana Racheneau
Ranking: 10/10
Our first Great Walk in New Zealand! Challenging in two days. Very popular (access by boat) but we really enjoyed the landscape with the lake and the bush changing often. Much shade on sunny days!
George
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful walk through native bush. Passing several little lakes and isolated tracks. At Lake Waikareiti you can hire a rowing boat.
Emily Pohlmann
Ranking: 7/10
Nice three day walk but really hard to walk.
Tim Ronke
Ranking: 9/10
Awesome walk. Good fishing. The huts are primo.
Frenziska Schmid
Ranking: 9/10
It was such a beautiful walk! You have awesome views from the top and an amazing forest to tramp through. But you can easily do it in three days as well.
Laura Moore
Ranking: 8/10
The beautiful panoramic of the lake made the gruelling climb worth it! The basic lodges gave the experience a rustic feel (which was exactly what we wanted!). Well signed, a great tramp.
Robin Brandl
Ranking: 8/10
Three day tramp. Started at the Onepoto Campsite and finished earlier because of a broken bridge. Great walk through the woods!
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Tobi
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing trek with awesome views from the ridge. I am not in that good shape, therefore getting up and down the ridge was pretty tough. Did the trek in four days (three nights), would recommend the same to everyone that is not really in good shape.
Annett Kiessling
Ranking: 10/10
You are surrounded by a lot of breathtaking landscapes. The huts and campsites are in really good condition and the track is not crowded.
Roland Fischer
Ranking: 10/10
Not too crowded, well maintained campsites.
Till
Ranking: 8/10
Great views for Mt Panekire, but in my opinion, one of the weakest Great Walks. If you are short of time, go for another Great Walk first!
Max Mustermann
Ranking: 9/10
Not too many people on the track. It never gets boring because the vegetation changes every day.
Maxim Motheus
Ranking: 10/10
Breathtaking scenery, wonderfully located and warm huts, fantastic wildlife. Totally manageable within three days. Glass clear water.
Carmen Pramstaller
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful. The estimated walking hours was very highly prescribed in the DOC maps. We would have done 2 days on 1! Too many sandflies.
Kyle Johnson
Ranking: 8/10
Starting from Onepoto with help from Big Bush, this walk is not for beginner hikers. The first leg is strenuous but the views are breathtaking. Not overcrowded like the Tongariro Crossing can be but that may be due to the difficulty of the hike.
Taylor Fabricius
Ranking: 8/10
Beautiful walks and another one of the Great Walks. You walk through a dense forest with a huge lake next to you that offers a nice breeze. At the end of the track a water taxi comes to pick you up.
Markus Wabing
Ranking: 6/10
Walked the Great Walk (40 km), in two days. The path was not as good as I expected but the view of the lake was just beautiful. Also had a swim in the lake, so refreshing.
Elsa Caniato
Ranking: 8/10
Nice walk of three days in the complete nature. Very few people on the track and it was very quiet. Landscape was amazing! Only thing: some huts are not so great, we expected better for a great walk and for the price.
Julia Martin
Ranking: 8/10
We did this track in four days and it was amazing! The views around the lake are just awesome. Sadly the track is not in a good condition everywhere.
Tereza Fajfroua
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful views and for free!
Jakub Trojanek
Ranking: 7/10
We went the first part of the track only. Just up the hill for a view, have a snack and then go back again. Enjoyable walk.
Marilyn and Steffen
Ranking: 7/10
Nice lookouts, brochure diagram of the altitude was not exact.
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Meredith Griffiths
Ranking: 10/10
We only hiked in the area for a couple of hours but it was absolutely beautiful. Great walk through the forest, views of the lake on the way up and a nice rock outcrop where you can stop for lunch. Gorgeous area.
Alex
Ranking: 7/10
Having tramped all over the South Island, I wasn't that taken with Waikerimoana but there are some great views and nothing to complain about. If you're on a budget or a time frame, and you're going to the South Island anyway, I'd only try and fit in the Tongariro crossing in the North Island and save your hut passes for the South Island.
Jared Hermansson
Ranking: 9/10
Stunning lake, beautiful water, petrified underwater forest very eerie, huts looked after well.
Anne Rodofsen
Ranking: 8/10
Only go when good weather. Otherwise slippery. Nice hike.
Jens Moller
Ranking: 8/10
A really nice walking track we did in three days, it was a little bit too fast, too hard. Wonderful view from the top over the lake.
Brian Livesey
Ranking: 9/10
Walk to the lake and beyond and both sets of falls, lake views all the way along to die for.
Magda Savels
Ranking: 5/10
We did the walk around the lake in two and a half days, the reason for the five that I gave are the huts dirty, and there is nothing, not even drinkable water. And yet you have to pay a lot for the huts (never again!) and the shuttle!
John Jacobs
Ranking: 9/10
3 day or 5 day walk around the lake, stunning scenery, great huts with water, interesting visitor centre, clean and tidy campground at track start.
Todd Pang
Ranking: 10/10
Faantastic because of its seclusion and difficulty for droves of poeple to get to.
J Holden
Ranking: 9/10
Great walk - Good camp facilities provided by DOC. Water taxi pick up anad drop off.
Barbara & Sebastian
Ranking: 10/10
Fantastic walk, better in four than three days.
Anne Veser
Ranking: 9/10
Five days, blue sky, it was ok to walk (for an untrained almost person) the lake is amazing and the nature beautiful...
selinab
Ranking: 10/10
So beautiful!!
discerner
Ranking: 10/10
New Zealands top out door mag wilderness ranked this NZs best walk I'm inclined to agree.
richards1
Ranking: 9/10
Great (winding) drive from Rotorua. Great walk and great lake. Also, the walk to lake Waikariti is very good.