Guided Wilderness Walk Full Day

Global tourism award winner TIME Unlimited Tours will show you wild, windswept, black sand beaches, virgin rainforest that is home to unique wildlife and towering ancient trees, dramatic waterfalls and some of the most breathtaking views you’ll ever see!

Titirangi (Maori for Fringe of Heaven), the artists’ enclave on the Manukau Harbour

The Arataki Visitor Centre at the gateway to Auckland's famous West Coast with its very interesting displays and magnificent views

Spectacular ocean vistas along Auckland’s wild West Coast in our famous Waitakere Ranges

Unique indigenous flora and fauna

Soaring cliffs, roaring surf and spectacular, volcanic beaches

See some of the most stunning of all the black sand beaches on Auckland's famous West Coast

Ancient native rainforest including our New Zealand Christmas Trees (Pohutukawa Trees) and the amazing Kauri Trees

The opportunity to go for a swim if you wish

Breath-taking views in a remote part of this jewel of Auckland and New Zealand

Discover wild, windswept, beaches, virgin rainforest that is home to unique wildlife and towering ancient trees, dramatic waterfalls and mountain-fed streams and some of the most breathtaking views you’ll ever see. Have the TIME of your life on our Guided Wilderness Walks on Auckland’s famous West Coast. Explore walking trails that are off the beaten tourist track and feel the real essence of New Zealand!

Auckland's West Coast and the Waitakere Ranges are famous for its amazing acenery, black sand beaches and subtropical rainforest showcasing some very special native Flora and Fauna.

TIME Unlimited Tours can take you on a Guided Wilderness Walk in remote parts of this amazing subtropical rainforest with highly-qualified guides that know these ranges extremely well. Walk along some of New Zealand's most spectacular walking tracks that are real hidden gems and which are very much off the beaten tourist track.

Be amazed as you walk along Auckland's famous West Coast with its subtropical rainforest, soaring cliffs, roaring surf and stunning black sand beaches below you. You will also have the opportunity to walk on a black sand beach during the guided walk, including right up to the roaring ocean itself! Walk along the deserted shore, with the sound of the sea in your ears, the wind in your hair and the salt spray on your face. Keep away from the masses and try these multi award-winning tours in very small groups.

After pick-up from your Auckland city accommodation, drive to the West, leaving behind beautiful Auckland surprisingly quickly as you pass through Titirangi, which translates to «Fringe of Heaven» in the local Maori language. Titirangi has several nice cafes and bakeries, which the locals love to spend time in. Then enter the beautiful native rainforest that is the Waitakere Ranges, made famous by many movies that have been filmed here. Oscar-winning movie «The Piano» is a good example. As you drive through lush subtropical rainforest, learn about the local Flora and Fauna that inhabit these ranges.

Briefly stop at the Arataki Visitor Centre, where you will in good weather have breath-taking view across part of the Waitakere Ranges, back to Auckland city and the huge expanses of the Manukau Harbour. There are several very interesting exhibits on display here about current and past inhabitants of the area, some of which you may encounter on your walk deep inside these ranges.

Continue on towards the West Coast, where you will go on a walking trail that starts by winding its way through the forest with many indigenous plants, many of which are very special and which your guide will show you — including New Zealand's national icon, the famous Silver Fern! Many native plants were used extensively by Maori and you can learn which ones were the most useful; in fact Maori still use these plants for medicinal purposes today.

Your guide will always keep a watchful eye out for the Flora and Fauna that live here. Equally famous are New Zealand's Pohutukawa trees, also referred to as NZ Christmas trees, which bloom in bright crimson-red colours around Christmas time. You will also see mighty Kauri trees that tower over these ranges, plus breath-taking viewpoints over the Tasman Sea, which separates New Zealand from Australia.

Have a great picnic lunch in a scenic location with great views. Then you will be refreshed for a continuation of your walk, which leads through the subtropical rainforest and along the coast as you continue on your way towards one of our most beautiful black sand beaches, where you can marvel at what Auckland's volcanic activity has created for us all to enjoy.

You can even see some stunning waterfalls along the way, depending on how far you are able to walk and if you feel like a swim under a waterfall at the end of your guided walk! If you are keen for this option, please let your guide know at the beginning of the tour, so this can be incorporated into the day's plans.