Cape Kidnappers/Te Kauwae-a-Māui Route
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°16°57
- F21°17°69
- M20°15°85
- A18°13°87
- M15°11°92
- J13°9°114
- J13°9°138
- A13°9°90
- S14°10°72
- O16°11°66
- N18°13°59
- D20°15°62
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
This route is along a beach and is subject to landslides and rockfall. It can only be attempted at low tide.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.7 km · 4.2 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 5 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/07e4911d8bbe4b63bfc910886dd
- Nearest town
- 7.9 km E of Te Awanga (Hastings District, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.6354, 177.0760
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.