Quick Guide to Lake Wainamu

Backpackers guide to visiting Lake Wainamu

Beautiful lake surrounded by contrasting environments 

Basic Information

Address: Waitakere Ranges
Tickets: $0
Hours: 24 hours

How to get to Lake Wainamu

With most places in NZ, driving is best. The drive is ~36km West of Auckland and takes around 40 minutes.

Free parking is available at the Lake Wainamu Track entrance. It’s easily done as a day trip.

What to do at Lake Wainamu

There is a one hour trail around the lake, which we couldn’t do due to poor weather. We did however cut across the sand dunes (yes sand dunes!) to visit the lake in 20 minutes, which is still amazing.

Across the road from the lake is the Te Henga Walkway, which is also worth going on. The track follows the west coast and has some amazing views.

For further details on the above map, please click the button on the top left corner. To view the map in Google Maps click the button in the top right corner.

Travelled April 2019

Read more at our travel journal on Day 223