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Hot springs for a lunch destination via Makino Ridge

November 19, 2011 by Marc Marchal 1 Comment

Makino and TePuia
Saturday November 19 2011

Six left Napier in average weather, heading for Kaweka J. As we came closer to the Kawekas, the rain set in and the clouds looked quite threatening. We all agreed that the J wouldn’t be a sensible option and decided to drive on. Even in good weather we might have struggled to get there in our replacement van which puffed and huffed as soon as a hill came in sight.

Four of us hopped out at the Makino car park and John and Ray carried on to the road end. We made good time climbing the hill to Makino, on occasions having to use our rain jackets. It stayed dry during morning tea though, leaving time for a hot drink and a chat.

We decided to target the hot springs for lunch, skipped the Makino hut and descended straight back to the river. Lunch was lovely in the sun, with time to get our rain jackets dry and enjoy the river.

On the way to the lodge, we met a group of 26 girls heading for the springs for an overnight. Good to see young people making use of our backyard paradise. There were few people at the hut, where we had a drink and a snack.

The weather gods now smiled and the rain jackets stayed in the packs. The walk along the river is surely one of the most picturesque in the Bay. We reached the van around 3.30 and Ray brought us safely back to Napier. Not the walk we planned, but still a nice alternative.

Trampers: Ray Slavin, Rosemary Jeffery, Matt Green, John Marshall, Colin McNatty and Marc Marchal

Filed Under: Recent trips Tagged With: Makino Ridge, Te Puia Lodge

Comments

  1. John GRAY says

    January 31, 2012 at 12:41 am

    Dear Club Members
    It sounds like NTC is flourishing – still !
    It always amazes me that we can’t get new members to enjoy the great outdoors.
    Keep up the good work !
    Cheers
    John G

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We are a group of like-minded people who love the great outdoors. We tramp mostly in the Hawke’s Bay province, in remote areas such as the Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges; but we also travel longer distances to new places, for longer walks.

The Napier Tramping Club was established in 1974 and has about 70 members. We belong to the Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc (FMC) and run Saturday, full-weekend and Wednesday tramps, every fortnight.

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