For those who have more time to spend Waipiata is fantastically positioned to gain access to the Rock and Pillar range from the western side if a hike up to Stonehenge sounds like you. A short drive in the opposite direction will gain access to the Oteake Conservation Park and take you inside a Grahame Sydney painting, for some off trail mountain biking, four wheel driving or a tramp in the tussock covered Hawkdun, Ida or Kakanui ranges. Picture perfect views over the Maniototo plain and a real sense of being in high country landscape, can be obtained within minutes of the conservation boundary. Perhaps an explore around the Kyeburn diggings and a picnic beside the Kyeburn River is more to your liking.
