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Makahu Road Circuit (via Makino Hut and Te Puia Lodge)
Next nearby hike: Te Puia Hut Track and Mangatainoka Hot Springs 0.9 mi · 1.4 kmExplore Kaweka Range →
Makahu Road Circuit (via Makino Hut and Te Puia Lodge) other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–22 °C (50–72 °F)
- J22°11°92
- F21°12°92
- M19°10°112
- A16°8°114
- M13°6°108
- J10°4°128
- J9°3°159
- A10°3°124
- S13°5°106
- O15°6°103
- N18°8°94
- D20°10°112
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 tramp featuring two huts and hot springs, starting and ending at Makahu Road
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 11 km · 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)
- 6-7 hrs
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/2a8eb14434704fe287f12c743e5
- Mountain range
- Kaweka Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 45 km NW of Bay View (Napier City, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Connects to
- Makino Track (Makahu Road to Makino Hut) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.1820, 176.4448
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.
More trails in the Kaweka Range
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distance from the trail centreTe Puia Hut Track and Mangatainoka Hot Springs
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Makino Track (Makahu Road to Makino Hut)
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Middle Hill Track (Makahu Road to Middle Hill Hut)
1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Makahu Road to Makahu Saddle (via Middle Hill Hut and Kaweka Flats)
4.2 mi · 6.7 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lotkow Road to Little's Clearing
9 mi · 15 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Matauria Ridge Track (Makahu Saddle to Mackintosh Track Junction)
9 mi · 15 km · Kaweka Forest Park
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