getlostwithliam — Ruahine Range

ITINERARY ⬇️ Save this post for your next NZ roadie 📌 🚗 The Iron Gates Experience — a 1-day (or overnight) adventure through epic hidden spots, waterfalls, and ancient landscapes. 🪨 Whitecliffs Boulders: Start your journey among otherworldly moss-covered spheres tucked deep in the Rangitīkei countryside. A 40-minute walk rewards you with a scene straight out of Middle-earth. 💧 The Dress Circle: A natural amphitheatre of cliffs and pools near Āpiti. Pack your togs, it’s one of the region’s best secret swimming holes. 🏞️ Iron Gates Gorge: Hike the Iron Gates Track along the Oroua River and take in towering cliffs and deep river bends carved through the Ruahine Ranges. 🌌 Limestone Creek Reserve: End the day with glowworms lighting up the cave as night falls. This loop shows off some of @manawatu_nz’s most underrated landscapes — all within a couple hours of Palmerston North. Follow @getlostwithliam for more wild and epic NZ road trips 🌏 #ThisIsManawatu #TakeTheDetour #TheCountryRoad