Hiking / Outdoors Advice

Eric A.

@ericalbeeHonolulu, Hawaii, United States

Hiking / Outdoors Advice

Looking for suggestions on good outdoor activities or local hikes around the Wellington area. I'll be there next month from May 15 to 24. I would love to meet up with other travelers or locals who are interested in the same thing. I live in Hawaii and spend a lot of time outdoors. The Wellington Botanic Gardens and the Charles Plimmer Park seem close, are either of them good? I'm willing to take the bus out for a good hike too. I appreciate any advice on the subject (i.e. biking, hiking, kayaking, et cetera).

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Rhys E.

@rhysevansWellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Hi Eric,

Your two suggestions are perfect for a short walk but I wouldn't call them a hike. I would suggest you venture out of Wellington to Makara Peaks - you can take a bus to Karori Park and then it's a 10 minute walk to the entrance of the park. Another option would be hiking up to long gully from Brooklyn wind turbine. You can use Google maps on getting to the turbine - bus number 7 or 8 and then a lengthy walk. Other options include Kaitoke or Rimutaka mountains but you'd need your own car to get out there (45mins from Wellington).

Makara Peak is good for mountain biking too, you can rent a mountain bike at a bike shop located at the end of the Karori park bus route before the foot of the mountains. For kayaking you'd need to go out to the Wairarapa unless you want to go sea kayaking - if so then Fergs Kayaks on the waterfront is a good place to checkout.

Good luck

Jean Charles S.

@JC2406Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

hey guys how hard is the hike? I am there next week its cold, and I would like to know easy stuff I can do. Are there good companies who can drive you by vans day tour to see good things?