Puketi forest bypass

An entire day of road walking from Louis Creek to Puketi Forest HQ. A tiny bit of farm land converted to pine forestry, a lot of pine forests and lots and lots of native forests at various stages of reversion. Quite a bit of kauri and rimu scattered among smaller species. There were loads of paryphanta shells along the side of the road which was a wonderful sign of a healthy population in the area. The road was easy walking and very quiet with just 1 vehicle in a 6 hour stretch then about 20 vehicles in the last hour.
Our legs were really tired near the end of the day as we passed a 5 minute kauri forest walkway off the side of the road. We hummed and hahed and eventually went in and we were so glad we did. For 10 minutes we were awed. Mature kauri en masse are truly impressive. The photos don't do them justice. Highly recommended.Leer más