Spring is here and so is our 2018 Festival programme!

We are so excited!

The Waiheke Walking Festival is about fun, friendship and getting out in nature on one of the most beautiful islands in the world and we are proud to share our 2018 walking programme with you. There is something for all ages and abilities so download your copy today and start planning which walks you’d like to do this year.

General registrations open 1 October however Patrons and Friends of the Festival can start booking their walks now.

So if you’ve been considering becoming a Friend of the Festival now is your chance. Membership is $100 and you get x10 (not x6) registrations PLUS you get priority booking. In fact early bird registrations are open now so you could start booking straight away. The membership also included a ticket to the Ray White Waiheke Festival Finale.

This programme is limited to 100 memberships only so don’t delay.

Get ready for some lululemon TLC

We are thrilled to announce lululemon will be involved with the Festival this year and we will have three delicious yoga stretchy walks with them. Okay one of them isn’t exactly a walk but it will be a great way to start your Waiheke Walking Festival week. Go on, you know you want to…

• lululemon Yoga Stretch – Saturday 17 November, 8:15am – 8:45am
• lululemon Onetangi Beach Yoga Walk – Saturday 17 November, 9am -10:30pm
• lululemon Walk for Expectant and New Parents – Saturday 24 November, 11am -1pm

September Monthly Walk

Thank you to everyone who joined us on our Onetangi Full Moon walk last month. It proved to be a very popular walk with a record 56 people attending. Special mention goes to Mary Matthews & Kim Wesney from Dark Sky Waiheke Island for generously sharing their knowledge and equipment with us. Thank you ladies, what a magical evening we all had.

For this month’s walk the Waiheke Walking Trust invite you to join us on the Treescape® Onetangi Sports Park walk. Enjoy a journey around one of the most historically, culturally and ecologically significant sites on Waiheke Island known as Rangihoua. Along the way you will learn of the ecological significance of the park and the current efforts to restore and save its native flora and fauna.

This will be a great walk you won’t want to miss. Thank you Treescape® one of our major sponsors of this years Festival.

When: Sunday 30 September, 10am – 1pm
Where: Onetangi Sports Park Pavilion 

Showing The Hits Radio a good time

We recently spent the day with Estelle Clifford from The Hits Radio who was keen to experience our beautiful walking tracks for her Try it out Tuesday segment. We took her on a guided walk through Whakanewha Regional Park and then up to Batch Winery for their delicious high tea and bubbles. Estelle then joined us later that evening for the stunning Full Moon walk.

Estelle had a wonderful time, if you missed the post on our social media you can read all about it here (there is a fun video to watch too) and one about the Full Moon walk here.

A special thanks to Stay Waiheke to for the use of your car too.