Pukeiti Summit (Taranaki) Traditional Cache

This caches takes you to the Pukeiti Summit. There are many walking/hiking tracking which lead off the main track. The track leading to the summit starts as gravel, then changes to seal, so it is an easy walking surface. The track isn't overly steep, but should be enough to get the blood pumping! Once you reach the Pukeiti Summit, there is a large stone structure and a Translator.

Cache is a small Sistema container covered with camo. Inside is a FTF pin, Log & pencil. There is room for some smaller trackables.

Rainforest tracks 

Pukeiti rainforest walks.

For thousands of years, Pukeiti was unspoiled virgin rainforest. Most of the rimu were removed in a decade during logging in the 1920s.

Afterwards, some areas remained forested while others were used for pasture or pine plantations. Now, more than 80 years later, the forest covers the land once more.

Pukeiti's rainforest tracks take you through this regenerating rainforest with remnant pockets of mature forest and some ancient rimu trees.

There are spectacular views of the Tasman Sea, and the Pouakai and Kaitake mountain ranges.

Be prepared for possible changes in weather conditions. There are three unbridged streams that can be impassable after heavy rain.

Mobile phone coverage is not reliable in this area, so please be careful.

Patuha Track: 1.2km

Te Iringa Track: 0.8km

Kaitake Track: 1.9km

Summit Track: 1km (further 400m to summit)

Jubilee Track: 1.3km

Saxton Track: 1.6km

Rimu Track: 0.7km