Tramping in Kaitoke Regional Park

On Saturday 29th Jan, we went for a wee tramp in the bush near Wellington. Kaitoke Regional Park is just on the edge of the Rimutakas, and has a beautiful river with pools to swim in and shingle to sunbathe on.

Before we treated ourselves to a chillout by the river though, Jen made Nige climb a big hill to look at the views. The bush was beautiful, and the day was gorgeous, so lots of dappled forest and glimpses of tree-clad hills all around. We took a posh picnic (wine, olives, bread and cheese) and ate it at the top at a lovely viewpoint - someone had put a bench there just for us! and then we climbed back down and paddled in the river until the sandflies drove us home!

On the way back to the car, we visited a LOTR spot - the place where they built/filmed Rivendell! You wouldn't have been able to tell it was the same place, if they hadn't put a handy sign up to tell you! Oh, and there was a cool long rope bridge and we both climbed a big tree!



Kaitoke Regional Park