The Monro Beach Walk is a 40-minute flat walk through mostly ancient forest to Monro Beach. Just after the start, you cross a short swing bridge over Monro Creek and then join a white baiters access road through the forest. Follow this for a few hundred metres before turning off on the main track to the beach.
The towering rimu and kahikatea trees are a feature, as are the big native fuschia trees (kōtukutuku) along the path. These are easily recognised with their nearly orange trunks. Gnarled rainforest trees, covered in ferns, lichens and moss, are ever-present, and you may get to see a goblin in front of its den or even some ‘legs’ hanging down from a tree.
The car park entrance is just past the Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki gate heading north. The track is free of sandflies, and there is a toilet at the car park.
