As you exit the Kaweka Forest Park to the west, with Blowhard Bush behind you, Taihape Napier Road drops down into Kuripapango (where there are no services). This is a beautiful remote location, and there is a DOC campsite by the river, with access to hiking and tramping tracks into the Kaweka Range to the north.
From there, the road climbs steeply again through Gentle Annie to a plateau about 900 metres above sea level. This terrain is rugged with regenerating forest.
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