Distance: 4.4 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 351m to 490m. Gain: 142m. Loss: 19m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Above the forks, the Tataweka is a long but unexciting stumble on loose rounded river rocks to Tataweka Hut. No obstacles other than loose rock underfoot and frequent river crossings. Most were knee deep or lower in low conditions when I visited.

The track to the hut is unmarked from the riverbed - an obvious ground trail climbs through scrub some 20m below the forks shown on the map. The hut is on a grassy platform some 40 vertical meters above.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Downriver from Tataweka it is a long but unexciting stumble on loose rounded river rocks to the confluence. No obstacles other than loose rock underfoot and frequent river crossings. Most were knee deep or lower in low conditions when I visited.

The track to Tawa starts 50m or so downriver from the confluence and is marked with triangles.