I-Waitakere Ranges yenye yeendawo ezifanelekileyo zokuhamba kuyo yonke indawo yaseAuckland . Iihektare eziyi-16 000 ezenza i-Park ye-Waitakere Ranges Regional Park zizaliswe ngeendlela zonke. Ukuba ngumhlaba oqingqileyo kunye namahlathi amaninzi, indawo eninzi iphezulu, iquka umlambo okanye ukuwela umlambo kwaye unokuthatha kwiiyure eziliqela ukuya kwiintsuku eziliqela ukugqiba.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ungaziva unamandla okanye ungenalo ixesha elide, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ufumane ubuhle bendawo.
Nazi ezinye zeendlela ezifutshane ezilula kwaye zonwabile kakhulu.
I-Auckland City Walk (Ubude bexesha: 1 Iyure)
Olu luhambo olufutshane oluthatha ezinye zeempawu ezigqwesileyo zemithi yasekuhlaleni (ngakumbi i-totara, kauri, ne-kahikitea) kuwo onke amaRanges ase-Waitakere. Ubungakanani obukhulu bezinye zezi mithi kunikeza ubungqina obufanelekileyo bokuthi bekufuneka ukuba ihlathi libe liphi ngaphambi kokuba imithi ebhujisweyo ihlaselwe ngabahlali baseYurophu ekhulwini leshumi elinesithoba.
Ezinye izinto ezigqwesileyo zokuhamba zibandakanya ukuhamba kwemigudu emininzi (zonke ngeebhuloji) kunye nezinye iifomfle ezimnandi. Uyakuva i-tuis ne-kereru kwimithi.
I-trail iphezulu kumgangatho wesiseko. Ingakwazi ukufumana udaka oluncinane kwiindawo kuxhomekeke kwithuba lonyaka, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo oku kuyona yeyona ndlela ehamba phambili kwiPaki. Ukuba unqwenela ukujikeleza kwegalufa, i-course ye-Waitakere Golf Club kufuneka ibe kwelinye lezithuba ezihle kunazo zonke e-Auckland, zijikelezwe ngeenxa zonke ngamagquma entlanga.
Ukufika apho : I-Auckland City Walk iphela ekupheleni kwe-Falls Road. Ukusuka kwiDrive Scenic landela imiqondiso eBhell's Beach ngokujika kwiTe Henga Road. I-Falls Road ngumgama omfutshane ngasekhohlo. Paka imoto yakho emagqabini ekupheleni kwendlela.
I-Kitekite Track (Ixesha: I-Hora; 1 ½ Iiyure Ukuba Kuquka i-Winstone kunye neKhaya)
Olu luhambo oluhle xa unqwenela ukubhukuda phantsi kwempompo yamanzi.
Inxalenye yokuqala yohambo idlula emanqabeni amnandi entlanga kwaye ilandele umlambo ukuya kwi-Kitekite Falls emashumi amane-mitha. Kukho ukunyuka ukuya kwiintlobo ngokwawo kodwa kungenjalo, i-gradient ilula kakhulu.
Kwiziseko zokuwa, idama elincinci kwaye lingenalutho elaneleyo lokubhukuda. Yindlela enkulu yokupholisa ngosuku olushushu.
Ukusuka apha unakho ukhetho lokuqhubela phambili kumgama omfutshane uze uphinde ulandele emuva ukubuyisela amanyathelo akho. Ngenye indlela, umzila uyaqhubeka kwaye ujoyina i-Winstone kunye neKhaya ezindleleni kwindlela ephakamileyo ebuyela kwindawo.
Umhlaba apha uninzi kakhulu kwaye unokuba udaka endaweni (izibhatthi ezinamandla zicetyiswayo). Nangona kunjalo, kulungele umzamo.
Ngokukhawuleza kule ngxenye yomzila umendo uphuma ngokukhawuleza uze uphume phezulu kwe-Kitekite Falls. Amachibi apha avuya. Mhlawumbi uya kuba yedwa ke indawo enhle yokudibanisa. Iqula elifikelela emaphethelweni okuwa liqukethe amanzi ahambayo aphantsi kwaye anika umbono omkhulu phantsi kwintlambo. Oku kuya kuba yinye yamachibi angaphantsi kwamanzi okubhukuda oya kuhlangana nayo!
Ukufika apho : Thatha indlela eya ePiha. Ngaphambi kokuba ibhuloho ephantsi kwentaba, uya kubona iGlen Esk Road ngakwesokudla.
Uhambo luqala ukusuka kwindawo ekupheleni kwaloo ndlela.
Arataki Nature Trail (Ixesha: 45 imizuzu)
Oku kuqala kwiziko leMvakatyeli lase-Arataki kwiDrazi yeScenic. Umjelo omfutshane ngaphantsi kwendlela ukhokelela kwinqanaba leengcingo zomtya, iimbini ezithande kakhulu kwiindawo. Kukho umnqweno oLungileyo lweNgcaciso lweZityalo oqulethe imizekelo yamaninzi aseNew Zealand emithini kunye nezityalo, zonke zibhalwe kwaye zichazwe. Kuphezulu kwendlela yokuhamba, kukho i-grove ekhangayo yemithi emikhulu ye-kauri, kulungele umzamo wokujonga.