Momorangi Top Spot (Nelson/Marlborough) Traditional Cache
Momorangi Top Spot (Nelson/Marlborough)
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Located in a rocky area near the end of the short but beautiful Momorangi Bay Track that begins at the Momorangi Bay Camping Ground on the southern shore of Grove Arm, Queen Charlotte Sound.
Momorangi Bay is a lovely spot on the Queen Charlotte Drive between Picton and Havelock and is a popular camping, caravan and picnic spot during the summer holiday period. The camping ground is Recreation Reserve and the surrounding bush Scenic Reserve. There is ample parking space beside the road on either side of the public ablution block.
Walk up the road through the camping ground and follow the vehicle track leading to the camp water supply tanks. The water intake is a short distance past the tanks. You do not have to cross the water intake. The track follows the stream, then crosses over and carries on for a short distance before doubling back onto the track proper at position S 41 16.463 E 173 56.578 (This position is approximate due to bush cover). Blue ribbons attached to trees also mark the spot.
From here the track is easy to follow and after walking another 750 metres and climbing 100 metres you reached a lovely grassed lookout point with vistas west back toward Anakiwa and east down the Queen Charlotte Sound.
You are allowed to pass the End of Track sign and continue on. The track is very steep in places (no steps) but well defined and easy to follow. Be sure not to take the side track leading to Ngakuta Bay at position S 41 16.671 E 173 56.992. Although steep this is a great walk with many glimpses of the Grove Arm and Queen Charlotte Sound through gaps in the bush and plenty of bird song (Tui and Bellbird) in the beech forest near the top. You arrive at the cache location just before you reach the summit and track end at 515 metres above sea level.
Including scenery and puff stops it takes about 1 hour to walk the 2.7 kilometres to the cache location. Be very careful on the steep sections of the track on the return trip.
You don’t have to leave the track to retrieve the cache container. Bush cover near the cache may affect GPS readings but should get you there.
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