Waipoua Forest, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Giant Kauri Trees
Feb 2, 2008 (9 photos)

... lush green area on one part of the bay and a huge sand dune on the other!  We kept driving southbound to Waipoua Forest.  According to our LP guidebook, the Waipoua Forest is the largest area of Kauri forests in Northern NZ.   Not ...

Waipoua Forest
Jul 17, 2008 (2 photos)

You haven't seen a big tree until you have been to Waipoua Forest and seen the majestic kauri beasts that scatter this region. Once in huge numbers across North Island, this is one of the few areas that now remains after the dramatic effects of ...

Waipoua forest
Nov 17, 2007 (6 photos)

The Waipoua forest is fames for its Kuri trees. Kuri is the biggest, and oldest tree in New - Zealand. The Waipoua forest is the best way to see the trees in their natural area of tropical forest full with green trees and silver frens. That was our last ...

Kauri Coast
Jun 22, 2006 (14 photos)

Hi Everyone, We left the Bay of Islands on Wednesday morning to travel to Rotorua, we drove via the Kuari coast which is where the only indigineous Kauri trees still remain. The Kauri tree is the 2nd largest species of tree in the world and it is HUGE! ...

Gum trees
Jan 16, 2009 (8 photos)

Continuing north from Dargaville heading up the west coast..

Giant Kauri Trees
Jun 15, 2007 (8 photos)

... the more foliage that got in the way.  The last tree that we saw the 'father of the Forrest', the second largest tree in new Zealand.  To give you an idea of the size of these trees Matt can be found posing in front of a tree that was nearly 17 ...

Waipoua Forest
Sep 13, 2008 (2 photos)

Tane Mahuta, skovens konge.

Giant trees
May 7, 2006 (5 photos)

On our way down the west coast we stopped off at the Waipoua Forest. Here we visited the second largest trees in the world, the Kauri. Although a lot of the height is made up of the branches which are hard to see, they are still very impressive. The ...