Start of the trail at the Arataki Visitors Centre

            The Hillary Trail is a spectacular multi-day tramping trip through native forest and along the wild coast of the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. Beginning and ending not
far from metropolitan Auckland, this self- guided 70km trail is a challenging wilderness adventure designed to introduce families and young people, properly prepared, to the joys of multi-day tramping.
The ranges are alive with history and the trail links heritage areas connected with Te Kawerau a Maki and the decades of kauri logging. It passes through a wide range of environments – regenerating rainforest, stands of mature kauri, coastal forest, rocky shores and black-sand beaches. And it seems as if around every corner there is another magnificent view.
The inspiration behind the trail is New Zealand’s great mountaineer, explorer and loved citizen, Sir Edmund Hillary, who came to the rugged hills and beaches of the Waitakere Ranges to plan and prepare for his great expeditions. In taking on the challenge of the four-day journey, trampers embark on their own expedition of self-discovery and adventure.
Completing the trail will be a test of determination, for many, a personal Everest.
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Auckland Region / Waiatarua (show map)

Taken on: April 8, 2011

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