Arataki Visitor Centre is a tourism and education centre in West Auckland, New Zealand, often described as the gateway to the Waitākere Ranges. The centre provides information about the Waitākere Ranges, and organises educational events.
Arataki Visitor Centre
View of the Lower Nihotupu Reservoir and the Manukau Harbour from the Arataki Visitor Centre
Kauri trees framed by a regional tourism picture frame at the Arataki Visitor Centre
The Waitākere Ranges is a mountain range in New Zealand. Located in West Auckland between metropolitan Auckland and the Tasman Sea, the ranges and its foothills and coasts comprise some 27,720 hectares of public and private land. The area, traditionally known to Māori as Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa, is of local, regional, and national significance. The Waitākere Ranges includes a chain of hills in the Auckland Region, generally running approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from north to south, 25 km west of central Auckland. The ranges are part of the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park.
View of the Waitākere Ranges from Scenic Drive
Typical forest in the Waitākere Ranges
Kauri logs ready for transport in the upper Nihotupu Stream valley (1895)
The Waitākere Dam
