Cache is on the RED loop track at the junction of Southern
Access Track, Waharau Ridge Track, and Whakatiwai Track. Here you
can turn east to take the RED loop approximately 1:15hr back to the
carpark, south for the Whakatiwai track, or north for the RED loop
track the long way to carpark, or access to northern parts of the
Hunuas.
Waharau Regional Park (238 hectares), extending inland from the
Firth of Thames to the Hunua Ranges, provides a diversity of
scenery and forest cover. With a large network of tracks and
backcountry camping, Waharau provides a good weekend's adventure.
Occupied by Maori and then used as a source of lumber during the
gold rush days around Thames , Waharau has some large remnants of
hard beech forest and regenerating native bush. There is safe
swimming at the beaches and a pleasant flowing stream at the back
of the park.