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Matemateāonga Track

Trail28 km · 17 miHard · 7/10

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About this trail

Walk deep into the wilderness of the Whanganui National Park on old Māori trail and settlers’ dray road. Shorter day and overnight opportunities are also available.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length: 28 km · 17 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): 3 - 5 days
Official page: doc.govt.nz/link/ec8dff1ff26d43e4b21d4b68e48
Country: New Zealand
Region: Taranaki
Continent: Oceania
Route centre: -39.3648, 174.8881

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.