Rangitoto Summit Track

hiking area — Auckland · Auckland

About Rangitoto Summit Track

The Rangitoto Summit Track is a walking track on Rangitoto Island, the youngest volcano in New Zealand, in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland. The track leads across fields of black lava and through pōhutukawa forest, with native birds such as tūī, bellbird and tomtit, and views from the summit.

Rangitoto has a public ferry service to Rangitoto Wharf, and boats can land at the Rangitoto or Islington Bay wharves. The island also has a shorter walk to a gull breeding colony and a 30-minute walk from the wharf to Flax Point, where dotterels can be seen. The website says about 30 classic baches remain on the island, and Bach 38 near the wharf is a museum about them.