ʻO nā awa o Waitakere kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hele ai ma ka moku holoʻokoʻa oʻAmelika . ʻO nā hekea he 16,000 e kūkulu ana i ka Waitakere Range Regional Park ua piha i nā alahele o nāʻano a pau. Ma ke kuhi a me ka ulu nui, nui loa ka'āina, e pili ana i ke kahawai a iʻole nā kahawai kahawai a hiki ke lawe i nā hola a hala kekahi mau lā e hoʻopau ai.
Akā naʻe, ināʻaʻoleʻoe e noʻonoʻo aiʻoleʻaʻoleʻoe i nui ka manawa, hiki keʻike i ka nani o ia wahi.
Eia kekahi mau huakaʻi pōkole he maʻalahi a heʻoluʻolu.
Kahiki Walk City (Duration: 1 Hour)
He wīwī iki kēia e alakaʻi ai iāʻoe i kahi o nā'ōlohelohe maikaʻi loa o nā lāʻau maoli (ʻo ia hoʻi, totara, kauri, a kahikitea) ma nā awāwa Waitakere. ʻO ka nui nui o kēia mau lāʻau e hōʻike pono ana i ka nui o ka nahele i mua o ka lāʻauʻinoʻino i hāʻuleʻia e nā poʻe noho Europa i ka makahikiʻumikumamāiwa.
ʻO nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe o ka heleʻana, aia i loko o nā kahawai he nui (ʻo nā mea a pau ma ke alahaka) a me kekahi mau wai maikaʻi. E loheʻoe i nā kuʻi a me nā pahuru i loko o nā kumulāʻau.
ʻO ka helehelena he kiʻekiʻe loa i kahi papa pōhaku. Hiki ke loaʻa kahi'āpana lepo ma nā'āpana e pili ana i ka manawa o ka makahiki, akāʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi i hiki ke komo i ka Park. Inā makemakeʻoe i kahi kālepa kālepa,ʻo kaʻoihanaʻo Golfingʻo Waitakere e pili kokoke mai nei he pono ia i kekahi o nāʻoihana hanohano loa ma'Akarana, e hoʻopuniʻia ana ma nāʻaoʻao a pau e nā ululāʻau ulu.
Loaʻa ma laila : Aia ma ka hope o Falls Road ka'Āpana Walkman City. Mai ka Scenic Drive e hahai i nā hōʻailona i ke kahawaiʻo Bethell ma ka huliʻana i ke alanui Hali. Falls Road he wahi pōkole loa ma ka hema. E hoʻopau i kāu kaʻa ma ka moku ma ka hope loa o ke alanui.
Kitekite Track (Duration: 1 Hour; 1 ½ Hours Inā Hoʻokomo i nā Pōhaku a me nā Home Tracks)
He helehelena nani kēia inā makemakeʻoe i kahiʻauʻau ma lalo o kahi wailele.
ʻO ka hapa mua o ke kaʻahele e hele i waena o kekahi mauʻanoʻohe o nā ululāʻau maoli a hahai i ka muliwai a hiki i ke Kitekite Falls he kanahā-m-kiʻekiʻe. Aia kahi hapa o ka piʻiʻana i lalo i ka hāʻule iho a iʻole, akā, ua maʻalahi ka mālie.
Ma ke kumu o ka hāʻule, he liʻiliʻi ka wai aʻaʻohe lawaʻole no ka holoʻana. He ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻomaha ai i ka lā wela.
Mai kēia wahi e loaʻa iāʻoe ka koho e hoʻomau i kahi no ka manawa pōkole a laila e huli i hope e huli i kou mau wāwae. Ma kahi'ē aʻe, ke hoʻomau nei ka hahai a hui pū me nā ala kaniʻo Winstone a me Home ma kahi ala nui e hoʻi aku i kahi papa.
ʻO kaʻanuʻu maʻaneʻi ka nui loa a hiki keʻae i ka lepo ma kahi (makemakeʻia nā kāmaʻa ikaika). Eia naʻe, ua kūpono ka hoʻokauʻana.
Ke liuliu i loko o kēia māhele o ke ala hele ke ala a piʻi a puka i waho ma ke kihi o ka Kitekite Falls. He mea hauʻoli nā loko iʻa. Loaʻa paha iāʻoe wale nō kahi mea kupaianaha no ke kuʻiʻana. ʻO ka waiwai e pili ana i ka liʻiliʻi o ka hāʻule i loko o ka wai e hāpai ana i ka wai a hāʻawi i kaʻike nui i lalo o ke awāwa. E lilo ana kēia i kekahi o nā punawai maikaʻi loa āu e hālāwai ai!
Loaʻa ma laila : E hele i Piha. Ma mua o ke alahaka ma ka lalo o ka puʻu, eʻikeʻoe i ke alanuiʻo Glen Esk ma ka'ākau.
E hoʻomaka ana ka huakaʻi mai ka pae kaʻa i ka hopena o kēia alanui.
Ke alaʻo'Arataki Nature (Duration: 45 mau minuke)
Hoʻomaka kēia mai ka Arataki Visitor Center ma Scenic Drive. ʻO kahi puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ke ala e alakaʻi aku ai i kahi o nā ala loop loop, aʻo kekahi mau mea heʻoi loa i nā'āpana. Aia kekahi Loop Eʻike ana i nā mea kanu nui i loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona o ka nui o nā lāʻau a me nā mea kanu maoli o New Zealand, nā mea a pau i kākauʻia a ho'ākākaʻia. Ma ke poʻo o ka hele wāwae, aia kahi ulu lāʻau nani o nā kumu kauri, maikaʻi pono kaʻikeʻana.