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Kōkōwai Track round trip
Next nearby hike: Ngatoro – Waiwhakaiho Loop Track 1.4 mi · 2.2 kmExplore Pouakai Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 18–18 °C (64–64 °F)
- J18°11°217
- F18°11°196
- M16°9°218
- A14°7°240
- M11°6°277
- J9°4°310
- J8°2°325
- A8°2°315
- S10°4°306
- O12°5°337
- N14°7°252
- D16°9°259
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
A great all day hike for those wanting both an alpine and forest experience.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.4 km · 2.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 6 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/f82d87d27aff45c49c5424ddb7b
- Mountain range
- Pouakai Range (Western North Island; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km S of Mangorei (New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
- Connects to
- Holly Hut Track, Ngatoro – Waiwhakaiho Loop Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Taranaki
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.2505, 174.0954
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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.
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Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreNgatoro – Waiwhakaiho Loop Track
1.4 mi · 2.2 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Veronica Loop Track
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Maketawa Hut Circuit
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Tahurangi Translator Tower Round Trip
2.1 mi · 3.3 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Pouākai Circuit
2.1 mi · 3.5 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Pouākai Crossing
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
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