View from lookout, Mount Bruce. © Russell Street Creative Commons
Experience stunning views and native bush on Te Arapiki o Tāwhaki at Pūkaha Mount Bruce.
Explore the lowland podocarp forest of Pūkaha Mount Bruce on this loop track. Access to this track is only available via the Pūkaha Mount Bruce Visitor Centre and an entry fee is required.
Pūkaha Mount Bruce is located north of Masterton on SH 2.
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Leonie is an editor who lives in (and loves) Auckland, and likes nothing more than getting out and discovering new places in beautiful Aotearoa (and forcing her children to do the same).