Pakiri
Name
Pakiri
Location
Okarito, West Coast, New Zealand
Overview
DOC reserve with a short walk to a trig.
Grade
Easy
Access
Foot
Description
The walk begins from a well signposted carpark off the Forks-Okarito Road. Take the right-hand track beside the swampland area, which winds round and goes gently up the hill to a trig with good views over the Okarito lagoon.
The swampland area is a good location for Fernbird. The 4WD track leading left from behind the carpark is a closed road and is for DOC staff looking after Okarito Brown Kiwi (the rarest of all NZ Kiwi species) that are resident in the area.
Getting there
The carpark is signposted off Forks-Okarito Road about 5.5 km from the turnoff on the main highway to Franz Josef. Okarito township is a few km further down the road.
Other notes
As this is a Kiwi area, no dogs allowed.
Length
0.48km
Conditions
Double track
Altitude
51m
79m
130m
Last modified
18 Nov 2009 by ledzep
Created by
ledzep
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