Kaihoka lakes

If you turn right at the Whanganui inlet, the gravel road ends at the Kaituna lakes. A picturesque secluded spot of native forest in the middle of sheep farms, with a crystal clear lake in the center. A short walk runs through an amazingly dense nikau palm forest (definitely my favourite palm trees I figured).

An exceptional specimen of a cabbage tree (cordyline australis) on the roadside
An exceptional specimen of a cabbage tree (cordyline australis) on the roadside
Kaihoka lakes
Kaihoka lakes
Mirror flat lake
A flat-like-a-mirror lake
Nikau palm forest
Nikau palm (rhopalostylis sapida) forest
Dense native bush
Dense native bush
Nice spider web in the forest
Nice spider web in the forest