Karapiro Dam

KINLEITH

UPPER ATIAMURI

Waipapa Dam
Lake Waipapa
Maraetai Dam

MANGAKINO

Lake Maraetai
Whakamaru Dam

WHAKAMARU

3 Section4
2Maraetai

Maraetai Dam to Whakamaru Dam

Grade: Intermediate
Length: 15.7km
(this includes a 3.5km road trail
from Maraetai Dam Access Rd to
Mangakino Lakefront, Lake Rd.)
Access: - Via Maraetai Dam Access Rd
off Waipapa Rd.
- Via Mangakino Lakefront
Reserve, Lake Rd.
- Via Whakamaru Dam,
Whakamaru Rd.

Kaahu

Whakamaru
Section

Pohaturoa

Lake Whakamaru
AUCKLAND

Whakaahu

HAMILTON

Waikatoils
River Tra

Mokai Geothermal Station

400
300
200
100
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-100
-200

LEGEND
TRAIL
ROAD TRAIL

20

Ohakuri Dam

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Whakamaru Dam to Atiamuri

(end of Ongaroto Rd)
Grade: Intermediate
Length: 23km
Access: - Via Whakamaru Dam,
Whakamaru Rd.
- Via Ongaroto Rd (SH30) 250m
from SH1 turnoff.
- Alternative access along
Ongaroto Rd is via Whakamaru
Reserve, Dunhams Point
Reserve and Snowsill Reserve.

ATIAMURI

Atiamuri Dam

40

60

Distance (km)

80

Pokaiwhenua
bridge car park

Arapuni
Dam

51

TOKOROA

Jim Barnett Reserve

Waipapa
Dam

Grade: Advanced
Length: 14.6km
Access: - Via Waipapa Dam off
Waipapa Rd.
- Via Maraetai Dam Access Rd
off Waipapa Rd.

Lake Arapuni

Mangakino

Waipapa Dam to Maraetai Dam

JONES LANDING

Whakamaru
Dam

Waipapa Section

ARAPUNI

Atiamuri
bridge SH1

Arapuni
Dam

Grade: Advanced
Length: 33.8km
(this includes a 15km road trail
from Jones Landing to the end
of Waotu South Rd.)
Access: - Via Arapuni Dam, Arapuni Rd.

- Via Jones Landing, Lake

Arapuni Rd.

- Via Waipapa Dam off

Waipapa Rd.

- Alternative parking is at Jim

Barnetts Reserve, Waotu

South Rd.

- The Jones Landing to Arapuni

Dam is for walkers and

experienced cyclists only, all

other cyclists should use

alternative road route via

Lake Arapuni Road and Darby

Road to Arapuni Village.

EA

AT

Arapuni Section

Arapuni Dam to Waipapa Dam

ROTORUA

PL

Grade: Intermediate
Length: 13.7km
(this includes a 5km roadside
trail from Pokaiwhenua Bridge
Carpark to Little Waipa Domain.)
Access: - Via Horahora Rd (4.5km off
SH1) to Pokaiwhenua Bridge
Carpark or Little Waipa Domain.
- Via the Swingbridge access in
Arapuni Village.
- Via Arapuni Dam on Arapuni Rd.

PUTARURU

Pokaiwhenua Bridge Carpark

to Arapuni Dam

AK

Pokaiwhenua Bridge Carpark

AM

Lake Karapiro
Maungatautari

To Hamilton

3
2 Section
1 Karapiro

Lake
Rotorua

TIRAU

Elevation (m)

CAMBRIDGE

100

TAUPO

DAM SITE
TRAIL
Access Points
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The Waikato River Trails Trust accep
or damage and
cost
loss,
any
and will not be liable for
ut prior notice.
reserves the right to close Trails witho