Last Updated: 15th Mar 2025
Wairau Lagoons Loop v2
Submitted by Philip Taylor
Last Updated: 15th Mar 2025
Open
Grunt Factor: 9 ?
Gnarl Factor: 4 ?
10.8km
40m
40m
5m
Last Updated: 15th Mar 2025
Submitted by Philip Taylor
Last Updated: 15th Mar 2025
Open
Grunt Factor: 9 ?
Gnarl Factor: 4 ?
10.8km
40m
40m
5m
Front country - easily accessible
Loop
Totally/mostly flat
Dog Friendly
Plantation/exotic forest
Beach
Coastal
Riverside
Lakeside
Open farmlands
Open tussock/grasslands
Sealed Road
Gravel Road
Farm Road / 4WD Track
Easy Single Track
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1:30
Slow
1:00
Moderate
0:40
Fast
If you want hills, forget about it. If you want flat and fast then ask yourself why the rush! Here's a beautiful run for the seasoned trail runner to remember why they got into trail running in the first place and for the complete novice to enjoy.
Start out at the car park for Kotuku Trail, take a look at the sign to give you a heads up and follow the blue and white arrow signs through trees, across farmland, along the river, past lagoons and enjoy the prolific birdlife. Navigation is simple and the terrain is non-technical. Pick a sunny blue skies day and enjoy yourself.
A bird watcher's paradise. Lots of wetland shore birds and a shipwreck
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7 km
7 minutes
Yes
No
Easy.
For the first 4.5km of this track you follow blue signs with white arrows. After this distance it converts to orange triangles. Marked and signposted all the way around.
Perfect throughout.
Windproof jacket, Cellphone
No water en-route. Will need to take what you need with you.
Very open and expansive and flat part of the country making it exposed for windy and sunny days.
The loop will be exposed to strong winds and strong sun so check the forecast in advance
Raupo
Fantastic food. French Toast highly recommended.
BP Blenheim
Wild Bean cafe of course
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This is my favourite of the two lagoon loops. I was impressed with the Council section - such a good idea.
December 30, 2020
I did both the lagoon loops this week while in Blenheim and loved this version - bit more variety than v1, but both were great little runs. Pancake-flat and mainly a really good surface, with views of the hills in every direction. There was so much bird life it was hard to run at all! Bonus that they are dog friendly too.
September 14, 2020
These overlap with this trail to some degree. You may wish to combine them but please note that to qualify for FKTs on these runs you should record a separate activity for each.
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