Taranaki
Introduction
Find businesses that are DOC-approved to provide activities and services in conservation areas in Taranaki region.
This page lists businesses that have DOC's approval to operate in the areas it manages and can display the DOC Approved label.
What the DOC Approved label means to visitors
How to get DOC's approval for your business
For more information, email docapproved@doc.govt.nz
List these providers by service:
Transport
Bus and Coach Association New Zealand
Charter bus services to carparks at conservation areas around New Zealand.
https://www.busandcoach.co.nz/
Services: Transport
Precision Helicopters Limited
Commercial helicopter landings for tourists or hunters in the Waikato King Country, Taranaki and Whanganui and tahr hunters on the West Coast.
Places: Pirongia Forest Park; Pureora Forest Park; Waitōtara Conservation Area; Whanganui National Park; Whareorino Conservation Area
Activities: Hunting
Services: Transport
Accommodation
Taranaki Alpine Club
Accommodation on Mount Egmont as part of club membership. Annual guided climb to the top of the mountain.
Places: Egmont National Park; Taranaki Maunga Summit Climb
Services: Accommodation; Guided activities and tours
Stratford Mountain House
Motor lodge, restaurant and cafe on the eastern slope of Mount Taranaki, Egmont National Park.
www.stratfordmountainhouse.co.nz
Places: Egmont National Park
Services: Accommodation; Facilities; Weddings
Te Wera Outdoor Recreational Trust
Te Wera Camp Conservation Area Education Camp, Taranaki. Facilities include free BBQ, laundry, obstacle course, flying fox, wetslide and firepit.
http://www.tewera-lodge.co.nz/
Services: Accommodation; Outdoor education and instruction
Mount Egmont Alpine Club
Accommodation on Mount Egmont as part of club membership.
Places: Egmont National Park
Services: Accommodation
Facilities
Taranaki Aviation Transport and Technology Museum
Taranaki Aviation Transport and Technology Museum in Mangamahoe Recreation Reserve.
Services: Facilities
Stratford Mountain House
Motor lodge, restaurant and cafe on the eastern slope of Mount Taranaki, Egmont National Park.
www.stratfordmountainhouse.co.nz
Places: Egmont National Park
Services: Accommodation; Facilities; Weddings
Guided activities and tours
Hiking New Zealand
Guided multi-activity adventure tours in the South and North Island.
Places: Angelus Hut tracks and routes; Arohaki Lagoon Track; Ben Lomond Track; Cascade Saddle Route; Donnelly Flat Loop Walk; Earnslaw Burn Track; Egmont National Park; Fiordland National Park; Gentle Annie Track; Gertrude Saddle Route; Gillespie Pass Circuit; Kaimanawa Forest Park; Kaweka Forest Park; Kepler Track: Carpark to Luxmore Hut; Lake Marian Track; Lake Tarawera Scenic Reserve; Lake Waikareiti Walk; Lake Waikaremoana Track; Makahu Road tramping tracks; Mid Pohangina Hut Track; Mount Aspiring National Park; Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit; Nelson Lakes National Park; North Egmont day tramps; Ōkere Falls Scenic Reserve; Okere Falls Track; Queenstown area; Rees-Dart Track; Rob Roy Track; Round the Mountain Track; Routeburn Track: Key Summit Track; Routeburn Track: Lake Howden Track; Ruahine Forest Park; Ruapani Circuit Track; Sunrise Track; Tararua Forest Park; Tararua Southern Crossing; Tarawera Outlet to Falls Track; Tarawera Outlet to Humphries Bay; Tautuku walks; Tawhai Falls Track; Tongariro National Park; Whakapapaiti Valley Track; Whirinaki Track
Activities: Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours
Sidetracks
Guided walks as part of a tour throughout New Zealand.
Places: Abel Tasman Coast Track; Abel Tasman National Park; Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park; Arthur's Pass National Park; Awaroa/Godley Head; Banks Peninsula area; Ben Lomond Track; Bendigo area; Cameron Valley Track; Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua; Cathedral Cove Walk; Cave Stream Scenic Reserve; Craigieburn Forest Park; Craigieburn Forest Park tramping tracks; Craigieburn Forest Park walking tracks; Diamond Lake and Hospital Flat conservation areas; East Matukituki Valley tracks; Egmont National Park; Farewell Spit and Pūponga Farm Park; Fiordland National Park; Glencoe Walk; Glory Cove Scenic Reserve; Heaphy Track; Hollyford Track; Jacks Blowhole Track; Kahurangi National Park; Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway; Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area; Lake Monowai/Borland Road area; Lake Rotoiti (West Bay) walks; Lake Sumner Forest Park; Mavora Lakes Conservation Park; Milford Road/Milford Sound area; Mount Aspiring National Park; Mount Iron Track; Mt Fyffe and the Seaward Kaikōura Range; Nelson Lakes National Park; Pirongia Forest Park; Rakiura National Park; Rakiura Track; Rob Roy Track; Routeburn Track; Routeburn Track: Key Summit Track; Tangihua Forest; Tautuku walks; Te Werahi Beach to Twilight Beach; Tunnel Beach Walk; Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara walking tracks; Upper Clutha River Track; Whareorino Conservation Area
Activities: Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours
Taranaki Alpine Club
Accommodation on Mount Egmont as part of club membership. Annual guided climb to the top of the mountain.
Places: Egmont National Park; Taranaki Maunga Summit Climb
Services: Accommodation; Guided activities and tours
Got To Get Out
A socially good adventure group that hosts hikes and mountain biking for adults. They take school or community groups into nature, arrange team building events for corporate groups, and provide bus transport, bikes and guided tours.
Places: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve walk; Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge Track; Angelus Hut via Speargrass Track and Speargrass Creek Route; Arawata Bridle Track; Arohaki Lagoon Track; Around the Mountain Circuit; Arrowtown Chinese Settlement; Awaroa/Godley Head Loop Track; Beehive Creek Walkway; Bell Track; Ben Lomond Track; Big Bend Track; Billygoat Circuit; Black Hill Hut tracks; Blue Pools Track; Bob’s Cove Bridle Track; Boyd, Oamaru and Cascade Hut tracks; Bream Head Scenic Reserve; Bridge to Nowhere Walk; Butterfields Wetland Walk; Canaan Downs mountain bike tracks; Christchurch to Little River Rail Trail; Cookson Kauri Walk; Crown Track to Dickey's Flat; Daly's Clearing Loop Track; Deans Bank Track; Donnelly Flat Loop Walk; Farewell Spit and Pūponga Farm Park tracks; Field Hut and Table Top; Five Mile Loop Track; Flora Hut and Mount Arthur Hut tracks; Gentle Annie Track; Glenroy Water Race Track; Goldie Bush Walkway ; Grahams Bush Walkway; H Tree Track; Haast Pass Lookout Track; Hakarimata Rail Trail; Hakarimata Summit Track; Harwoods Hole Track; Hawksbury lagoon and beach walk; Hay Scenic Reserve walk; Holdsworth - Kaitoke Track; Holdsworth road end to Powell Hut/Mount Holdsworth; Hotoritori mountain bike trails; Huka Falls Lookout Walk; Kaiaraara Track to Mt Hobson (Hirakimata); Kaitoke Hot Springs Track; Kakahu Bush tracks; Kakepuku Track; Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Walk); Kauri Dam Walk; Kauri Loop Track; Lake Clearwater tracks; Lake Dispute to Moke Lake Track; Lake Dispute Track; Lake Emily tracks; Lake Emma to Lake Camp Track; Lake Hayes Walkway; Lake Rotoroa walking tracks; Leitch's Track; Little Manganuku Track ; Long Beach (South) Walking Track; Main Ridge Track; Major Hornbrook Track; Manawatu Gorge Loop Track; Mangamate Loop Track; Mangaone Walkway; Mangapurua/Kaiwhakauka Track; Maratoto - Golden Cross Track; Middle Ridge Track; Minaret Burn Track; Moerangi Track; Moke Lake Loop Track; Mokoroa Falls Track; Mokoroa Stream Track ; Motutara Recreation Reserve Walk; Mount Arthur Summit Route; Mount Iron Track; Mount Pureora from Link Road; Mount Somers Track; Mt Crichton Loop Track; Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit; Newcastle Track; Nga Taonga Nature Walk; Nīkau Palm Gully Scenic Reserve walk; Okahukura Loop; Ōkura Bush Walkway; Orari Gorge Track; Orokonui lagoon walk; Ōrongorongo Track; Otago Central Rail Trail; Ōtepatotu Scenic Reserve walk; Outram Glen to Lee Stream Walk; Parata Tramping Track; Peach Cove Track; Pirau Ridge Track; Port FitzRoy: Old Lady Track; Port FitzRoy: Warren's and Bridle Tracks; Potts River tracks; Pukatea Ridge Track; Puketī and Omahuta Forests; Puketī Nature Trail; Pupu Hydro Walkway; Rangituhi/Colonial Knob Walk; Rangiwahia Hut Track; Remutaka Rail Trail; Rimu Walk; Rocky Lookout; Rokaiwhana Stream Walk; Roys Peak Track; Ruapane Lookout; Ryde Falls tracks; Sanctuary Track; Sandfly Bay Track; Sandymount Track; Select Loop Road; Seven Mile Track/Wilson Bay Track; Smugglers Bay Loop Track; Speargrass Track; Stony Batter Historic Reserve walks; Sunrise Track; Sylvester Hut Track; Taieri River Track; Tangihua Forest; Tangihua Forest Nature Walk; Tauranga Loop Track; Te Ara Pātaka/Summit Walkway; Te Henga Walkway; Te Iringa Track; Te Puia Hut Track and Mangatainoka Hot Springs; Te Waiti Hut Walk; Te Whara Track; Teetotal mountain bike tracks; The Timber Trail: Pureora - Ongarue; Tutakakahikura Scenic Reserve Track; Tweedies Gully Walk ; Twelve Mile Delta to Bob’s Cove Track; Upper Clutha River Track; Urchin and Umukarikari tracks; Waiatiu Falls Track; Waiau Falls and Kauri Grove Lookout Walk; Waihāhā Hut Track; Waihora Lagoon Walk; Waiomu Kauri Grove Walk; Waipapa Loop Track; Waipapa River Track; Waitomo Walkway; West Matukituki Track; Whakapono and Tumanako tracks; Whangaparapara: Old Mill Track; Wharauroa and Mahaukura Lookouts; Wharekirauponga Track; Whirinaki Forest Mountain Bike Track; Whirinaki Track; Whirinaki Waterfall Loop Track; Whisky Falls; White Pine Bush Track; Windy Canyon and Palmer's Track to Mt Hobson (Hirakimata); Woodside Glen Walk; Yeoman's Track
Activities: Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours
Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits and Education Centre
Guiding educational groups, Egmont National Park.
Places: Ambury Monument Walk; Around the Mountain Circuit; Connett Loop Track; Dawson Falls walking tracks; Egmont National Park; Everett Park Scenic Reserve; Everett Park Scenic Reserve walk; Manganui Gorge Track; Meeting of the Waters Scenic Reserve walks; Moki and Makino Conservation Areas; Moki Track; Mount Messenger to Kiwi Road Track; Mount Messenger to Whitecliffs Walkway Track; Nature Walk; Ngatoro Loop Track; North Egmont day tramps; Patea Track; Pouākai Circuit; Rerekapa Track; Track to Dawson Falls; Viewing Platform Walk; Waitaanga South Road to Te Rerepahupahu Falls Track; West Egmont tramping tracks; York Road Loop Track
Activities: Camping; Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours; Outdoor education and instruction
Social Nature Movement Ltd: Concessionaires
Guiding on selected tracks in both the North and South islands.
Social Nature Movement website.
Places: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park; Arthur's Pass National Park; Coromandel Forest Park; Craigieburn Forest Park; Egmont National Park; Fiordland National Park; Great Barrier Island/Aotea; Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary; Kahurangi National Park; Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park; Karangahake Gorge; Kaweka Forest Park; Lake Sumner Forest Park; Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve; Mount Aspiring National Park; Mount Richmond Forest Park; Muriwai and Te Henga area; Nelson Lakes National Park; Ōkura Bush Scenic Reserve; Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve; Pureora Forest Park; Rakiura National Park; Remutaka Forest Park; Ruahine Forest Park; Ruataniwha Conservation Park; Tangihua Forest; Tararua Forest Park; Waima & Mataraua Forests; Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Activities: Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours; Outdoor education and instruction
New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association
Guided fishing trips throughout New Zealand run by member operators.
Activities: Fishing
Services: Guided activities and tours
Outdoor education and instruction
Te Wera Outdoor Recreational Trust
Te Wera Camp Conservation Area Education Camp, Taranaki. Facilities include free BBQ, laundry, obstacle course, flying fox, wetslide and firepit.
http://www.tewera-lodge.co.nz/
Services: Accommodation; Outdoor education and instruction
Social Nature Movement Ltd: Concessionaires
Guiding on selected tracks in both the North and South islands.
Social Nature Movement website.
Places: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park; Arthur's Pass National Park; Coromandel Forest Park; Craigieburn Forest Park; Egmont National Park; Fiordland National Park; Great Barrier Island/Aotea; Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary; Kahurangi National Park; Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park; Karangahake Gorge; Kaweka Forest Park; Lake Sumner Forest Park; Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve; Mount Aspiring National Park; Mount Richmond Forest Park; Muriwai and Te Henga area; Nelson Lakes National Park; Ōkura Bush Scenic Reserve; Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve; Pureora Forest Park; Rakiura National Park; Remutaka Forest Park; Ruahine Forest Park; Ruataniwha Conservation Park; Tangihua Forest; Tararua Forest Park; Waima & Mataraua Forests; Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Activities: Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours; Outdoor education and instruction
Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits and Education Centre
Guiding educational groups, Egmont National Park.
Places: Ambury Monument Walk; Around the Mountain Circuit; Connett Loop Track; Dawson Falls walking tracks; Egmont National Park; Everett Park Scenic Reserve; Everett Park Scenic Reserve walk; Manganui Gorge Track; Meeting of the Waters Scenic Reserve walks; Moki and Makino Conservation Areas; Moki Track; Mount Messenger to Kiwi Road Track; Mount Messenger to Whitecliffs Walkway Track; Nature Walk; Ngatoro Loop Track; North Egmont day tramps; Patea Track; Pouākai Circuit; Rerekapa Track; Track to Dawson Falls; Viewing Platform Walk; Waitaanga South Road to Te Rerepahupahu Falls Track; West Egmont tramping tracks; York Road Loop Track
Activities: Camping; Walking and tramping
Services: Guided activities and tours; Outdoor education and instruction
Weddings
Stratford Mountain House
Motor lodge, restaurant and cafe on the eastern slope of Mount Taranaki, Egmont National Park.
www.stratfordmountainhouse.co.nz
Places: Egmont National Park
Services: Accommodation; Facilities; Weddings