Te Muri Regional Park
The Auckland Council has established 2 new walking tracks at Te Muri Regional Park, the Orange Loop and the Purple Loop. These tracks can either be done individually, as a figure of 8 of both tracks, or as one larger loop of the 2 tracks. I’ve placed geocaches around the larger loop of the 2 tracks and the loop can be walked in either direction. The walk offers fantastic views of Mahurangi, the Hauraki Gulf, Puhoi River and Wenderholm.
Estuary Crossing – please read below!!
Access to Te Muri Regional Park is from Mahurangi Regional Park and will require crossing the Te Muri Estuary… so you will get your feet wet! I’ve found the estuary easy enough to cross at mid-tide, so I would recommend starting your walk a couple of hours before low tide to give yourself plenty of time to enjoy the walk, find the geocaches and get back to Mahurangi. I’ve included additional waypoints for the estuary crossing. The tide times can be found here…
https://www.metservice.com/marine/regions/east-auckland/tides/locations/mahurangi-harbour
From the carpark at Mahurangi Regional Park, it will be an approximately 10km return walk.
The park is an operational sheep and beef farm, so please don’t disturb the livestock and leave all gates as you find them. There isn’t a huge amount of shelter here, so please be sun-smart and take plenty of water. Phone signal can be patchy in places, so I’d recommend downloading the caches first, if using a mobile phone.
Vehicle access to Mahurangi Regional Park is 6am to 9pm during summer (daylight saving hours) and 6am to 7pm during winter (non-daylight saving hours.) An automatic gate is located at the park entrance. No access after closing hours. It will open at any time for vehicles exiting the park.
You are looking for a 200ml Sistema container, please bring your own pen.