Te Āhuatanga
HillyTe Tawhiti
20 kmTe Hīkoi
7 - 8 hoursEke Paihikara
3 - 4 hours
Tata ki Mōtū te Ara o Pākihi, tata mutu atu 20km mai i Ōpōtiki i te rori o Pākihi. He ara mā te tangata taumata tuawhā te kaha mo tēnei momo ara eke paihikara maunga me nui o ngā hekenga whakahirahira. He ara whakamahia nuitia ana. He Papa Atawhai kei waenga o te ara. Ki te eke paihikara maunga i ngā hekenga, me huri ki Ōpōtiki.
Tau ana tēnei ara ki te hunga matatau, whai pūkenga ki tēnei momo eke paihikara. 25 ngā piriti, he piriti tāwēwē 32m te roa. Kāore noa he āhuatanga, he pikinga rerekē. Pai ana te papa o te rori, i ētahi wāhi. I ētahi wāhi o Te Ara o Pākihi he whāiti te ara tata poutū taka noa ki ngā taha.
He wāhanga te Ara o Pākihi ki te Ara o Mōtū tētahi ara rongonui o ngā Ekenga Nui 23 o te motu.
Te Hītori o Te Ara
Ka whai haere te Ara o Pākihi i ngā ara tawhito o mua ka tūhono atu ki te Ara o Mōtū, 38k mai i te akau o Ōpōtiki mā te whārua o Ōtara mai i te tau 1906. I ngā tau 1990, ko ngā kaieke paihikara māia te hunga haere hīkaka ai, hiki paihikara runga rākau, ata haere ai i ngā tahataha.
I te taenga mai o Ngā Haerenga, New Zealand Cycle Trails, i te 2010-2012, ko te Tari Papa Atawhai te kaiwhakatikatika i te Ara o Pākihi kia whai wāhanga ki te Ara Eke Paihikara o Mōtū.
Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga
Ka tīmata mai te Ara o Pākihi I te teiteitanga o te Rori o Mōtū, 38km mai i te akau o Ōpōtiki.
He pai rawa atu tēnei ara mo te whānau takahe whenua me te whiwhi wharau haumaru te whare kei waenganui o te ara nā Te Papa Atawhai. Ka taea te hoko tīkiti i te i-site o Tūranganui.
Ki te haere eke paihikara runga maunga, koianei te ara ma ngā kaieke paihikara tino māia anake. Kāre he pikinga teitei rawa, a, he āhua pai te āhua o te rori. Ahakoa ko ētahi wāhanga o te rori, he whāiti te ara o Pākihi me ētahi pahekenga kei ngā tahataha. Me whiwhi pūkenga ki te haere tika me te tū i ngā kōhatu maunu. Whakanuia te ara me tōu ake kaha ki te eke paihikara. I ētahi wāhanga o te ara, ka hīkoia, ka wahaina ngā paihikara.
Kaua e eke paihikara mai i te Ara o Pākihi ki te pito o te rori o Pākihi. Engari ki te hīkoi, ki te oma, ka taea te tīmata mai i ngā taha e rua.
Noho takatū, ki te tūtaki ki ētahi e hikoi ana ite ara, tukuna kia hipa, kia haumaru.
Ko Te Ara o Mōtū me Te Ara Wairere o Rere ngā haerenga āhua uaua, pai ana ki te hunga o waenganui ara taumata tuatoru (grade 3). Ahakoa te ātaahuatanga o te wāhi, he nui anō hoki ngā taki.
Kua whakataungia tēnei haerenga/ eke paihikara ki te mapi kei Great Rides App. Tangohia te mapi I mua I tō haerenga.
Haere ki Motu Trails website mo ētahi atu.