Mounds Walk
Mounds Walk
Whakapapa Village
Your Nature Guide
Marios Gavalas
Author And Researcher
Nau mai, haere mai
I'm Marios, delivering the best of Aotearoa's nature walks to your device.
I've personally walked hundreds of New Zealand's tracks and spent months in libraries uncovering interesting information on New Zealand/Aotearoa. And you'll find a slice of that research on this page - enjoy!
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A quick jaunt to some bizarre formations. Even the geologists are stymied by how they formed.
Access
Mounds Walk is signposted 5 km south of Whakapapa Village. A small roadside parking bay indicates the start of the walk.
Track
A gentle track through the shrubs, eventually climbs one of the mounds. Interpretation panels help explain the formation.
Geology
Around 10,000 years ago a major structural collapse sent debris avalanche through the Whakapapa catchment and the resulting deposit has hummocky mounds on its top surface. These can now be discovered on this Mounds Walk.
An interpretation walk gives some clues.
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village |
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DOC Managed
Thanks to all the good people working for the NZ Department of Conservation - for all your hard work - making NZ more beautiful, accessable and healthy! Cheers 😍
