Distance: 1.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate-hard terrain
Altitude: 417m to 444m. Gain: 38m. Loss: 16m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Prolonged rivers (4/6)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Tall, walkable scrub / large rocks, occasional waterfalls or gorges in rivers

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

Prolonged rivers (difficulty: 4/6)
Frequent river travel - impassible after rain, risk of getting trapped

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

The Tawawharara valley is steep-sided, the riverbed rock. Upriver form the Hareirei confluence, a couple of log-jams blocked the flow - the tallest 3m high, and passed only by some rock-climbing. Conditions will clearly change frequently.

The stream is small, and no trouble in normal flows - but when the stream is up there would be no way down the valley.

The Manairoa confluence is the next upriver.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The Tawawharara valley is steep-sided, the riverbed rock. Downriver form the Manairoa confluence, a couple of log-jams blocked the flow - the tallest 3m high, and passed only by some rock-climbing. Conditions will clearly change frequently.

The stream is small, and no trouble in normal flows - but when the stream is up there would be no way down the valley.

The Hareirei confluence is the next downriver.