Kiriwhakapapa – Mikimiki Stream Walk + Loop Track
When Josh and I met up to begin making our way out to the Kiriwhakapapa roadend
we couldn’t have been happier to see some clear skies.
We arrived at the roadend just before 9:30am and were quickly on our way. The
stream next to the trail was in full flow and there was a slight chill under the trees that
faded as we moved further in. We opted to start by crossing the bridge and going
around and up the loop track where we were greeted by several small groups of
fantails and some vocal tui hiding higher in the trees.
After this we followed the tram track and moved along the steady incline up to the
saddle where we briefly stopped to have a drink and something light to eat. Quickly
moving on from there we made our way down towards the stream passing through
some boggy sections which were a left over surprise from the heavy rain that fell at
the start of the week.
Arriving at the traditional stopping point just after midday we unscrewed our thermos’
to prepare some coffee and had lunch before packing up and steadily making our
way back out along the same route. We made good progress heading back down
towards the carpark and were safely out just shy of 1:30pm.
