THE largest remaining area of native forest near the Waikato’s biggest city, southwest of Auckland, New Zealand
There's heaps of things for a visitor to the Waikato region, south of Auckland, to do.
East of Cambridge, there’s a range of low mountains with spectacular views over the plains and south to the volcanoes of the central North Island. You can drive to the top of Pukemako and look out from there. Further east, still just a few kilometres from Cambridge, are Hobbiton, Te Aroha Hot Springs, Mount Te Aroha and the Kaimai Range, all of which I’ve talked about in other posts.
West of Cambridge lie the town of Te Awamutu and Pirongia mountain, a subalpine mountain with beautiful volcanic rock faces,.
In the remainder of this episode, I’m going to talk about hiking on Pirongia which, at 959 metres high or 3,146 feet, is easily the highest peak in the Waikato region.
At only 25 kilometres southwest of Hamilton (also known as Kirikiroa), Pirongia mountain is also the largest remaining area of native forest close to the Waikato’s biggest city.
Original blog post: a-maverick.com/blog/pirongia-pretty-subalpine-climb-bog
