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Ohakune & Tūroa
Waitonga Falls Track
Easy 4.0 kmreturn 1 hr 20 min return ↑ 316 m
Ohakune & Tūroa
Blyth Hut
Intermediate Half day
A gentle overnighter or half-day: past the Rotokawa pools and above Waitonga Falls to a hut in the beech forest.
4.0 kmreturn
2 hr one waywalking time
↑ 608 mclimb
1,384 mhigh point
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DOC distance 4 km; the mapped line measures 7.5 km.
What you’ll see
Alpine wetlandBeech forestHut
The walk
Follow the Waitonga Falls track to the junction above the falls, then climb through beech forest on the Round the Mountain Track to the Blyth Hut turn-off. The hut sits on a bush terrace with views over the southern plains.
Start. Waitonga Falls car park, Ohakune Mountain Road
Snow & season
Combine with
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Ohakune & Tūroa
Mangawhero Falls Walk
Easiest 200 mreturn 10 min return ↑ 4 m
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Mangawhero Forest Walk
Easy 3.4 kmloop 1 hr 15 min loop ↑ 230 m