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Hawks Lookout Walk
| Location: Northern tip of the South Island |
| Nearest Town: Motueka |
| Nearest City: Nelson |
| Length of tramp: 400m |
| Time needed: 15 minutes |
| Difficulty: Very easy |
| Route: Bouble Back |
| Elevation: 600m |
| Wet Feet: No |
| Toilets: yes, in the car park |
| Dogs: No |
| Mobile phone coverage: Yes |
| Date this tramp was last walked: 2007 |
| Track quality: Very good |
| Shops/restaurants: Very good shopping in Motueka township. |
| Petrol station: In Motueka township. |
| Hazards: The lookout is perched over a very high cliff. |
| Transport: No |
| Water: No |
| Driving Instructions: From Motueka drive north on highway 60 as if you were driving to Takaka. You will wind your way up and up the Takaka hill. On the right is a lime stone quarry, you can’t miss the white mark the trucks leave behind as they pull out of the drive. On the other side of the quarry is a gravel pull over. At the next corner look ahead, you should see the car park to Hawks Lookout on the left. |
| Camping on track: No |
| Track highlights: Fantastic view of the Riwaka Valley and out to Motueka and the coast. |
Map of Hawks Lookout Walk :
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Detailed track description for
Hawks Lookout Walk:
Hawks Lookout Walk - Start
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A good place to pull over if someone is a little car sick. This is a very short walk, just long enough to stretch the legs. The rock formation along the side of the track look like small scaled models of mountain ranges without the trees, you could be back in St Arnaud standing on the St Arnaud Ranges. The track through the bush is quite stunning.
Hawks Lookout Walk - Points 2
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The first few steps out onto the lookout will take your breath away. We were the only two people there. You could just hear a little noise from the road traffic, but the calls from the Tui’s were fantastic, better then a radio. The road you can see way down in the valley goes to another walk in the Riwaka Valley. The Riwaka Creek is a walk you must do.
