WHARFEDALE AND KOROMAKO WALK

Time/Distance: 2 hours one way, 3km.
Access: View Hill car park. From Oxford, drive west on SH72 for about 2km, turn right into Woodstock Road. Travel 10km, turn right up Ingrams Road which turns into Perhams Road. Take the sign posted road to the Wharfedale Track at the View Hill car park. (Heavy rain may stop access on fords). Leave gates as you find them. From the car park, follow the Wharfedale Track to the Korimako Track turn-off to Ryde Falls.
Viewing: Canterbury Plains and hills, waterfalls, beech forest.

This walk is not for the faint hearted and you definitely need good solid footwear to enjoy this walk, as I found out.

The walk is comfortable and easy for the first part but gets rough and uneven later on.

There are markers for the different walks, make sure you keep to the right track otherwise you can get seriously lost and have to back track to the right return track.

King Ferns carpet parts of the forest floor with fronds of green.

The bush can be thick but light creates shadows through the bush.

The trail leads you up, down and around through the beech forest.

You can hear water flowing but have to get down low to the ground to discover where it is coming from.

Love the bush, trees, birdlife which is abundant on this walk.

Make sure you have foot wear that can get wet because you cross the river to get to Ryder Falls.

Tunnels or arches created by the overgrown trees and bush.

Ryder falls Track

Link Track