Mangapohue Stream, New Zealand Travel Journals & Blogs

New Zealand Honeymoon
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- Dec 25, 2022, 1:16 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 156 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.261667, 174.938°15’42” S 174°54’0” E
Day 6
Meri Kirihimete!
December 25, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Since Christmas is a national holiday here, we knew nothing would be open and it would be a great day for some scenic driving and some short hikes. We took advantage of our amenity-packed holiday park to make some hot breakfast, wash dishes and top off both our water and gas tanks before setting off.

Our first stop was Bridal Veil Falls, a tall, narrow waterfall with a path and viewpoints from the top to the bottom. We then set off on a scenic drive through the grassy hills, along the coast. Not long after leaving Bridal Veil Falls, the road became gravel, which took us by surprise. It ended up being about 20km of gravel, luckily interspersed with paved sections for the steepest parts and very uncrowded, and Keanan handled it like a champ! After we got back to pavement, we stopped for lunch (PB&J) by a bridge over an inlet. One of the guys fishing off the bridge mentioned how boring and straight the roads become as you head further south, which at this time is definitely sounding like a welcome change!

Our next stop was Marokopa Falls, which was not as tall as Bridal Veil Falls, but much wider and tiered. The path to the bottom of this one was closed off. A few minutes down the road, we came to Piripiri Cave.

Just a few minutes beyond that was our planned camping spot for the night, Mangapohue Natural Bridge. We knew the hiking trail was closed for erosion, but it offered a picnic area and a long drop toilet so we could avoid using our van's porta potty, which definitely grosses me out. Since it was only 2:30pm, we decided to check out another potential camping spot another 20 mins down the road at Haggas Lookout. The lookout was completely overgrown and didn't have a toilet, so we turned back around to come back to the natural bridge.

We watched some downloaded Jack Ryan in our van to kill some time when we got back and then brought our dinner and cooking supplies to the camping area to make our fancy Christmas dinner of pasta with tofu sausage! We both crashed pretty early (definitely before sunset) but on one of my toilet hikes overnight, I went looking for some of the glowworms that this area is famous for. I didn't find any, but the clear night sky was beautiful, and we will have plenty of glowworm opportunities on our black water rafting trip today!Read more
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Neuseeland 2023
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- Jan 19, 2023, 10:00 AM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 156 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.261667, 174.938°15’42” S 174°54’0” E
Day 16
On the way to Waitomo Caves
January 19, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Erst Mal nochmals Jacky's Gastfreundschaft ausnutzend und ausgiebig Frühstücken fahren wir nur 2h später als geplant, los zu den berühmten Höhlen.
Vorbei an Naturkulissen die Abschnittsweise an Europa erinnern, aber um die nächste Kurve schon wieder ganz anders ausschauen; Von Highlights der Gegend, bis zu anderen Kuriositäten die wir so entdeckten, war es eine kurzweilige Autofahrt.Read more
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Einmal um die Welt
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- Apr 30, 2023, 2:59 PM
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 164 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.263825, 174.90314638°15’50” S 174°54’11” E
Day 61
Manga Pohue Natural Bridge
April 30, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Hierbei erkundeten wir eine moosbewachsene Schlucht mit Schwingbrücke und Holzpfaden. Früher war die gesamte Schlucht mal eine große Höhle, deren Dach eingestürzt war. Vom Dach ist heute nur noch am Ende eine Verbindung übrig, die Natural Bridge. Diese war zwar gesperrt, die Schlucht an sich aber ebenso sehenswert.Read more
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Traveler Per Anhalter durch Neuseeland
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- May 22, 2018, 2:30 PM
- 🌫 12 °C
- Altitude: 173 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.25958, 174.9010638°15’34” S 174°54’4” E
Day 21
Regentag
May 22, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
Grade im Winter regnet es auf der Nordinsel Neuseelands recht viel ☔ Dafür fallen die Temperaturen auch nicht so stark wie in Deutschland. Wer hier also mit gute Regenkleidung ausgerüstet ist, kann die kalte Jahreszeit nutzen um Saisonrabbate einzustreichen und viel Ort relativ ungestört zu besuchen :)

Dabei finden sich quasi alle paar Kilometer an den Landstraßen Schilder welche auf neue Orte verweisen, die es zu erkunden gilt. In diesem Fall der Marokopa Wasserfall und die Mangapohue Natural Bridge. Bei letztere handelt es sich um einen höhlenartigen Durchgang zwischen Felsen entlang einse Flusslaufes.

Die umliegende Landschaft ist dabei schon fast einen Besuch Wert! Bei den Grasbedeckten Hügeln, auf denen immer wieder Steinformationen zu finden sind, fühlt man sich wie in einer Welt, in der hinter der nächsten Ecke gleich ein Druide zu finden ist, der im Wald seinen Zaubertrank braut 😁 dementsprechend lief in meinem Kopf auch die Filmmusik von Asterix & Obelix den ganzen Rückweg zum Auto ...Read more
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Traveler Im Land der Kiwis
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- Dec 30, 2018
- Altitude: 145 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.26149, 174.899138°15’41” S 174°53’57” E
Day 11
Von der Westküste nach Lake Taupo
December 30, 2018 in New Zealand
Heute waren wir mit Hannes und Christoph unterwegs. Zuerst ging es schon morgends an den Oceans Beach Hot Springs. Dort war gerade Ebbe und so konnten wir uns ein Loch in den Sand graben, wo dann extrem warmes bzw. heißes Wasser heraus gesichert kam. Es stank zwar nach Schwefel und unsere Hände und Badesachen nach dem Graben dann auch, aber es war wirklich ein super toller heißer Pool direkt im Sand. Zur Abkühlung danach, sprangen wir dann in das kalte Meer. Wirklich hammer, diese natürlichen, heißen Quellen.
Danach ging es zu den Marokopa Waterfalls und dem
Piripiri Caves (leider ohne Glühwürmchen).
Doch das heutige Highlight war die Mangapohue
Nature Bridge. Eine aus Stein geformte, natürlich Brücke unter der man hindurch laufen konnte. Vor allem der Weg dort hin war wirklich wunderschön. Danach mussten wir erst ein Mal ein Stückchen fahren, bis wir dann am Urchin Campsite bei Taupo ankamen. Ein wirklich schön gelegener, kostenloser Campingplatz, der aber nur durch eine sehr holprige Schotterpisten zu erreichen war.Read more
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Traveler Neuseeland
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- Sep 21, 2019
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 145 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.26148, 174.899138°15’41” S 174°53’57” E
Day 223
Roadtrip Northisland - 5
September 21, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Auf dem Weg waren wir noch bei den Omaru Falls
Über Nacht direkt neben der natürlichen Steinbrücke Mangapohue geblieben und tausende von Glowworms gesehen!
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North Island
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- Oct 2, 2024, 9:59 AM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 148 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.261436, 174.89941538°15’41” S 174°53’58” E
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Waitomo Caves
October 2 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
The next day we continued towards an area well known for glow worms. The original plan was to visit the cave, but the price put us off. We were put off by the fact that you are not even allowed to take pictures in the cave. We set off, therefore, for a short walk to the Mangapohue Natural Bridge. He went to the beautiful Marokopa Falls. For dinner we drove to Raglan for fresh fish.
From Raglan we had a long crossing through Auckland to Northland. Late at night 11pm we stopped in Wellsford. We got caught in a terrible rain of 15mm/h.
Traveled 500 km.Read more
Traveler Wow. you are certainly getting around. Pity the caves were so expensive.
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Traveler And bloody NZ weather 😁
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Traveler Zealand is very beautiful everywhere, it is unnecessary to pay so much.😀
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Traveler North Island New Zealand 2017
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- Jun 1, 2017, 4:00 PM
- Altitude: 148 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.261438, 174.8993538°15’41” S 174°53’58” E
Day 7
Mangapohue
June 1, 2017 in New Zealand
In the afternoon we drove to Mangapohue and walked along a wooden pathway to a Natural Bridge.
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Lisa Marie Berger Work&Travel in New Zealand
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- Nov 4, 2016, 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 155 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.26181, 174.8983638°15’43” S 174°53’54” E
Day 87
Mangapohue - natürliche Brücke
November 4, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
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Newz'mj Neuseeland
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- Nov 18, 2016
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 153 m
- New Zealand Auckland Mangapohue Stream -38.261809, 174.8997238°15’43” S 174°53’59” E
Day 79
Mangapohue Natural Bridge
November 18, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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