📍 79 Leyland Road, Whakamārama
📍 Address: 79 Leyland Road, Whakamārama 3179, New Zealand
Nice, easy bush walk loop with a swimming hole across the road. Dog-friendly spot (on leash) and one of my favorites in the BOP.
Beautiful shaded bush walk, car park was full but hardly saw anyone on the trail. Glad it had been dry for a few days and can imagine it getting muddy in wet weather.
Awesome walk with excellent local knowledge throughout the bush walk, and stunning river views just over the other side of road. Excellent clean toilets, well done
Easy walking for all ages. Serene and bird song indicates it's not poisoned. A half hour or one hour loop. You will want to take some photos. Its beautiful. Plus the stream across the road. Sit in the rocks and put your feet in the water. Enjoy the picnic table areas. Come along a few doors further for an incredible massage with Donna at Master Life . A complete wellbeing experience here in nature rich whakamarama. Only 10 mins drive from omokoroa/and 6 mins from the main road
Loved it. Nice little place and a good walk. There are some stairs and climb, hence not suitable for kids' strollers. Just outside the reserve on the other side of the road is a beautiful brook, clear water and shallow for kids to play.
a group off hoodlums jumped me with pine cones i had to go to the ER never going again P.S those hoodlums are actual birds watch out
You would think you're in the middle of nowhere. Great walk for kids with some history along the way. We've been doing this walk since we were young chaps also.
Enjoy the easy 40 minute walk along a well formed track past giant Tawa, Rimu, Miro, Koekoe and Puketea trees (among many others of course). Or for a quick stroll, do the short 10 minute loop.
Beautiful spot with plenty of shade over a small stream, and surprisingly few people there, given the time of year. Great for little kids. Not really a swimming hole as such though, more a paddling area for preschool and primary school age kids, and enjoyable for anyone else too. Next time we go we'll try to remember some insect repellent as there were a few sandflies around where we set up our picnic mat. And my wife would bring a book as it's a perfect spot to sit and read while the kids play in the steam. It also has a bush walk across the road with at least two options: a short loop that is about 18 minutes long according to the sign near half way, and a long loop that I think is something like an hour long. We did the short loop. There were no steps so it should be fine for a pram. Lots of middle aged to mature looking native trees. A really pleasant stroll with the sun shining through giving it an awesome feel. There are some flush toilets at the start of the walk. There was a tap to wash hands with but no soap or dryer so if you're fussy about such things you may want to bring some sanitizer or something. I think this will become a new regular destination for us. Just a really pleasant relaxing place to spend an afternoon.
Beautiful place to go for a nice bush walk. Also good for the family dog aswell. Highly reommended
Puketoki Reserve is located at 79 Leyland Road, Whakamārama 3179, New Zealand
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