Where: Omokoroa Peninsula.
Walking Times:
| Domain to Bramley Drive via Historic Reserve |
40 minutes one way |
| Omokoroa Peninsula |
Up to 2.5 hours |
On the picturesque Omokoroa peninsula there are a number of easy, pleasant walks.
The most popular is a 40-minute walk that takes you round the tip of the peninsula and through the Gerald Crapp Historic Reserve.
From this reserve, which covers about 2 hectares, you get spectacular tree-framed views of the harbour and Matakana Island.The magnificent variety of mature trees - including a giant Moreton Bay fig - were mostly planted by the Crapp’s, one of the first pioneering families in the area. The reserve is also the site of the Wai Huri pa.
The walk starts from Omokoroa Beach Domain, at the end of The Esplanade.Head along the beach and up into the reserve. Carry on around the point and along the clifftop esplanade reserve, in front of many attractively gardened homes, and take in the views up Tauranga Harbour as you make your way to Bramley Drive.
From here, return the same way or via residential streets.
Another very popular, but longer,walk takes in much more of the peninsula.
As well as from The Domain, there are accesses off Waterview Terrace and from the southern end of Hamurana Road. This walk takes you along the western foreshore past the golf course and on to Kayelene Place.
On the eastern side of the peninsula, Cooneys Reserve, on Margaret Place, leads down to the harbour. Follow the shoreline northwards and this will bring you to the southern end of The Esplanade.
Dogs: Please refer to signage for prohibited and restricted areas.