The Redwoods
The Redwoods
Walking Tracks - Whakarewarewa Forest
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The Redwoods tracks in Rotorua's Whakarewarewa forest range from 30 minute strolls to 8 hour tramps.
This park is named after the huge Californian Redwood trees you encounter on the popular shorter walks at the Long Mile Rd entrance. A number of other exotic and native trees grow in the forest also.
Mountain biking and horse riding are allowed on designated trails.
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Location |
North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua |
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Moderate walk
30 mins to 1 hour
Short walk
DOC Managed
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Showing 13 reviews of 75.
Mike Fricker
Ranking: 10/10
23Sept18. Great park with loads of walks. It looked like the walks would be ok in wet weather but don’t hold me to that!
It seemed that most tourists do the shorter walks. We did a longer one and most of the time felt like we were in the middle of nowhere. No chance of getting really lost though as the walks are well signed.
The visitor centre is touristy as you might imagine. We liked the look of the treetop walk but felt it a little too expensive for us and anyway the walk options are so good.
Mike Fricker
Ranking: 10/10
23Sept18. Brill place with free walks. You could feel lost within the woods but the different trails are well marked.
The Centre is good but tourist orientated. We would have liked to do the treetop walk but we decided the $25 each was too much.
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Chloe B
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful tracks and forest! There are many options to choose from ranging from short 30 minute walks to the 8 hour hike. Loads of bike trails around the area too. A popular place but extremely spacious to share
Rado Hank
Ranking: 9/10
Nice, relaxing day.
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Francesca Scott
Ranking: 10/10
A great selection of walks ranging from strolls to longer hikes, all in the beautiful forest. Wished we had time to go back and do another of the walks.
Signe Frank-Lassoe
Ranking: 10/10
Great, easy and free. The trees are amazing and the one hour trail was perfect for us to bring our bany on.
Thomas Kindler
Ranking: 9/10
Impressive redwood forest, just for walking, many different walks are possibly and at no cost!! Full of people though.
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Michel and Susanne
Ranking: 10/10
Great walk through an amazing forest. These trees are wonderful, I can highly recommend this walkway.
Antoine
Ranking: 10/10
Great forest, great walk.
Suzannah Hill
Ranking: 9/10
Great short tree walk high in the canopy. Safe and child friendly. Informative information boards along the walk. A great hour spent.
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Maaike
Ranking: 7/10
The walk was nice, but sometimes the directions was not really clear.
Jonathan Verschuuren
Ranking: 7/10
Nice walk, although it was among non-native trees.
Evan Lloyd
Ranking: 9/10
Awesome walk through the Redwoods and up to the lookout where you can see the geyser.
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