Hi all! I'll be going to Kapakapanui (about 60km from Wellington) on Saturday, leaving 10AM.The plan is to run the Kapakapanui loop (yes, run, this hill is a nice little cardio-trainer). So, we might do the loop in a bit under 4 hours. Have a look at the map (link here) or DOC website (link here) and let me know if you are interested. Achim

Hi there! Still gazing at the wonderful colour blobs on metvuw.com for the weekend forecasts...Is anyone in for a half day walk over Kapakapanui (1100m) on Sunday morning/noon? I'd start at 9AM with a coffee at the train station and a train ride to Waikanae, cycle over to the track start (30min)... jump up the mountain, hoping for snow and a ...

On Sunday I started tramping the Kapakapanui Loop in warm sunshine at 11AM, after brisk warm-up bike ride from Waikane Station... No wet feet after the river crossings! Thanks to alpine tramping boots and gaiters. I feared wet and cold feet on this tramp – that's what Kapakapanui is famous for! From the bottom, I could see the ...

Hi there! Sadly the Northern Tararua trip is cancelled. Sunday will be the better day. I'll go the Kapakapanui Loop, which is close to Waikanae - so the Southern Tararuas. This day trip is a medium trip, as it goes up to 1100 m... On Sunday I'll to Waikanae by train (9:14 from Wellington) and cycle for 30 minutes to the start of the track (a ...

Now that the uni break is over we will have our meetings back on campus in rooms 216/217/218 in the Student Union Building at 7:30pm.   Come along to find out about and sign up to the day trip to Kapakapanui on Wednesday.   We are also running bushcraft this weekend, so if you want to learn how to put up a fly/cross a river/use a ...

Hi all,   I'll be running a day trip this Wednesday to Kapakapanui. It's a loop track that goes up past Kapakapanui Hut, to the summit, and then back down around to the car. The weather is looking good so hopefully we will get views out over Kapiti Island. As it is a day trip you will need to bring lunch, a rain coat, your head torch and ...

Hey all! Hope you had a merry weekend and your calves aren't as achy as mine after too many Taranaki staircases!! If you're keen for the hills, I'm organising a Kapakapanui tramp this weekend and we've got our leadership weekend next weekend which is going to be mean!! Anyway come have a chat to me tomorrow night to find out more.... Speaking of ...

Heyhey all, hope you had an excellent weekend having fun in the sun and have recovered from all the rum-drinking and piratical antics!! There's still some exciting trips coming up before the end of the year- with Ollie organising a climbing trip to Wharepapa this weekend which should be pretty mean and Kieran organising a (pretty ...

A more moden photo of Kapakapanui. Located on the slopes of Kapakapanui above the Waikanae river. Sleeps: Six. Heating: Potbelly. Camping: Yes.

Situated on the slopes of Kapakapanui above the Waikanae river.