New Zealand Walk/Bike
By Barbz Lowther
Walking and biking around Napier
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apier is a lovely place to Cape Kidnappers There are also trails following visit for a walking/biking the Tutaekuri, Tukituki and holiday. A shared Ngaruroro rivers. All are path runs from Bayview in well marked and maps are the north, to Clifton in the available from the Visitor south. It is equally good to Information Centre in town. walk or bike. The river trails are perThere is also a wetlands haps not so interesting to loop with opportunities to walk with long stretches see lots of bird life – pied of flat, straight stop banks, stilts, spoon bills, herons, with unchanging scenery, apples or and godwits can be spotted. From Clifton, you can organise a grapes. Between the rivers and the track tractor ride to visit the Gannets at
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is usually an area of trees and scrub, so there are not many river views. It’s really cruisy to bike along, but a little bit monotonous when walking. Using the Holiday Park at Bayview as a base, we spent four days exploring the area. On our first day we biked through wetlands by the Ahuriri Estuary, and on to the coast, stopping at Perfume Point Reserve to see the enormous ‘Beach Chairs’. Above: Dereck on a track along the stop banks.
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