Otaki River Fishing Access Points

Tararaua Forest Park

Turn off SH1 onto Otaki Gorge Road. Travel along Otaki Gorge Road for 15.9km until you reach the Boielle's Flat Picnic Area. The Picnic Area lies adjacent to the Waiotauru River, a tributary of the Otaki. To reach the Otaki River, cross the suspension bridge to the east of the carpark and follow the Penn Creek track upstream.

Otaki Gorge Road

Travel 7.8km along the Otaki Gorge Road from SH1 until you reach a Fish & Game 'Angler Access' sign on the left side of the road. This sign marks the entrance to a Kapiti Coast District Council Reserve that provides off-road parking and walking access down to the river. Turn off the road and park in the paddock just through the gate. From the parking area, the river is a 230m walk down a 4WD track. Please make sure that you leave the gate as you find it, and be aware that it is padlocked every evening at dusk.

State Highway 1 Bridge

If travelling north, pull off SH1 and park in the rest area situated on the left about 150m before you reach the bridge over the Otaki River. From the rest area, a 4WD track leads onto public land managed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council as a Water & Soil Conservation Reserve. Leave your vehicle at the rest area and proceed down the 4WD track on foot. The track runs alongside the Otaki River for about 2.5km. The river can be accessed easily at many points along the track.

The fourth gateway that you reach after leaving SH1 carries a sign reading 'Private Property, Please Keep Out', the limit of the public land is marked by a sign that is visible about 50m from this gateway on the right that reads 'No Hunter Access'.