The Kai Waho Experience

Pricing

• Maori Food

  Interactive traditional Maori cooking. All of our visitors are encouraged to participate. From building the fire complete with ceremony to uncovering a cooked 'Hangi' earth-oven cooked food. With all the stories, Tikanga(Maori lore), and a range of flavours and foods, our Maori food activities are unforgettable.

• Maori Packages

  Ko Tahi te Rā - Free your Spirit
  Exclusive full day 6-7hour's. Interactive Maori cooking, Interactive Guided walks, Traditional Karakia (ceremony). Acknowledgement and respect of our natural surroundings is paramount.
  Sharing 'Ko Tahi te Ra' with our Guests is our primary focus.
  
  Available to a minimum of 2 Guests up to 8 Guests.
  Free pickup and drop off from Taupo. Self drive and rider's access by prior arrangement only.
  Please enquire for all of our exclusive rates.
  
  
  
  Te Mata Aho. Multiday Visit.
  Included in 'Te mata aho' is an extended insight into Maori Cooking, Guided Walks, building Maori Shelters, night fishing for eels (when in season). Great oppotunity to connect with the natural surroundings.Educational.
  Accommoadtion is in our compfortable Whare and includes breakfast and all contemporary meals. Maori Cooking activities priced as per Guided activity.
  Minimum 2 Guests unless by prior arrangement.
  Free transport option from Taupo. Self drive or ride by prior arrangement only.
  'Te mata aho' packages can vary and we welcome Guests to enquire for a suitable package.
  Please enquire for our minimum package suugestion.

• Advanced Cultural Learning

  For the total Māori experience choose this additional option.
  Weaving, carving and their symbolic importance.

• Horse Riding and Mountain Biking

  During the changing seasons the Maori people would move across the land on foot. Travel on foot meant that Maori could maintain a connection to the land and the environment they moved through.
  At the arrival of the horse the Maori people were able to move around and maintain this important connection. The sounds, the fragrance, the sights were all enjoyed.
  All rides with Kai Waho ensure that these same important connections are maintained.
  Most of our rides take place during the warmer seasons. Morning and evening rides coincide with the activity of the local wildlife. Rides after sunset or at night highlight those natural senses that are often taken for granted. Like all of our activities at the Pa the size of our teams of riders are limited and are available to teams of up to four confident riders.
  For New Zealanders that take their horse/bike on holiday, the Tamau Pa is an ideal location.
  
  All rides are Guided. Unless by prior arrangement.
  Due to our remote location all rides are either on a full day basis or inclusive of overnight accommodation. Our ride into the Tamau Pa overnighter is very popular.
  Rides are restricted to small personally Guided Groups of up to 4.

• Trout Fishing

  The picturesque Ripia river runs through the block and offers the keen fly fishermen the chance to catch a beautiful Brown Trout. We have a catch and release policy, fishing is available to licensed anglers and is seasonal. We also have strict policies to control the invasive alge 'Didymo'

• Free Range Sika Hunting.

  When Maori went hunting natural events would indicate a season is here. Sacred events would ensure the season was plentiful. Our wild free ranging Sika herd is no exception. We hunt seasonally, we are very selective and thankful of what we take from the forest, we, also enjoy what we leave for the future. Most important of all is our immense respect and care for the natural world/environment
  Our hunting season starts late March and goes through to mid May. During the season all hunts are co-ordinated to manage the hunting pressure across the land.
  During our hunts we share an experience that encompasses the hunt as a whole. By this we mean that our guests enjoy the wilderness they move through, they are just as happy to pass up a shot on a young Sika, they enjoy reading the tell tale signs left by a rutting Sika stag and the company they are in when enjoying the hunt as a whole or full experience.
  Trophy hunters, meat hunters, junior hunters, overseas travellers, first time hunters, everyone who hunts Sika with Kai Waho will enjoy their hunt with a Maori guide, who in turn is also guided by his ancestors.
  
  

• Helicopter Access

  Those who choose helicopter access (30mins approx) will get panoramic views of the region and breath taking ridge ride over the impressive native forest.