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Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara walking tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°11°145
- F16°11°110
- M15°10°132
- A13°9°125
- M11°7°146
- J9°6°132
- J9°5°119
- A10°6°108
- S11°6°123
- O12°7°139
- N14°8°118
- D15°10°128
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
Visit iconic Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara, the jewel of Rakiura National Park. Sample the delights of this open sanctuary via a series of well-formed tracks catering for all ages and levels of fitness.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.8 km · 1.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easiest, Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- Various: 20 min to 2 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/a7035d27b4444bb28bdabfde827
- Nearby park
- Rakiura National Park (0.28 km from the boundary)
- Nearest town
- 40 km SW of Bluff (Invercargill City, Southland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -46.9267, 168.1312
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easiest, Easy · 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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