About five minutes drive from the Rotorua CBD lies Whakarewarewa forest - an interesting piece of bush, as it's not entirely comprised of natives. There are towering Californian Redwoods, Oriental Plane trees, and all manner of other exotics planted in the early 1900's (the area was a trial by the then government to find out which exotics should replace the countries rapidly dwindling native timber stock.
The forrest has a variety of tracks for walking, cycling or horse riding, ranging from little half hour saunters to a 37km trek! In any case, I didn't go for a walk quite that long, but did take a few photos.
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
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| The Redwoods - Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua |
