Karapoti Gorge

#175 among destinations in New Zealand

Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon

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Karapoti Gorge is one of the entrances into the Akatarawa Forest, a regional park in the Wellington Region in New Zealand. The Akatarawa River West runs through this narrow, mostly bush-clad gorge towards the Akatarawa Valley. A narrow road winds its way along the steep slopes, providing access for trail biking, mountain biking and walking. Karapoti Gorge is also the starting leg of the annual Karapoti Classic mountain bike event, which runs on the network of tracks in the Akatarawa Forest. ()

Coordinates: 41°3'30"S, 175°5'31"E

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WellingtonNew Zealand

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Karapoti Gorge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maidstone Park, Golder Cottage, Barton's Bush, St John's Anglican Church.

4.8 miS
Park, Sport, Sport venue
Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt
124 min walk • Maidstone Park is a cricket and football ground in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. A single List A match was held there during the 1978/79 Gillette Cup when Wellington played Canterbury, which resulted in a 4 wicket victory by Canterbury.
5 miS
History museum, Museum
Golder Cottage, Upper Hutt
128 min walk • Golder Cottage is one of the oldest surviving colonial houses in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The house is used as a museum of colonial domestic life. John Golder, a road builder in Wellington, built the cottage in 1876–77. Around the same time he married Jane Martin and together they raised 12 children in the house.
6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Barton's Bush, Upper Hutt
153 min walk • Barton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of lowland mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand.
5.6 miSW
Church
St John's Anglican Church, Upper Hutt
142 min walk • St John's Anglican Church in Trentham, Upper Hutt is one of the oldest surviving Anglican churches in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The building is classified as a Category 2 historic building by Heritage New Zealand.
5.5 miE
Park
Kaitoke Regional Park
141 min walk • Kaitoke Regional Park is regional park located at Kaitoke, northeast of Upper Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's southern North Island.
5.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Upper Hutt Blockhouse, Upper Hutt
136 min walk • The Upper Hutt Blockhouse also known as the Wallaceville Blockhouse is a 19th-century American-style military blockhouse situated in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
3 miS
41°6'6"S • 175°5'42"E
Harcourt Park, Upper Hutt
77 min walk • Park
6 miSW
Playground, Park
Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt
154 min walk • Trentham Memorial Park is a large park and a major sport and recreation ground in Trentham, a suburb of Upper Hutt, in the Wellington region of New Zealand.
4.7 miS
Neighbourhood
Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt
121 min walk • Upper Hutt Central is the commercial and geographic focal point of Upper Hutt city, located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. The area is served by Upper Hutt Railway Station.
3.2 miSE
Campsite
Wellington Naturist Club, Upper Hutt
82 min walk • The Wellington Naturist Club is a naturist resort located in Te Mārua, Upper Hutt, 38 kilometres northeast of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand.
4.6 miE
41°2'59"S • 175°10'44"E
Kaitoke Regional Park, Upper Hutt
117 min walk • View point