Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park

A quarry has been transformed into a 42-acre garden and arboretum and contains a sculpture park . Open every day - entry fee. The sculptures are for sale.
The Arboretum has been granted the status of a Garden of Regional Significance.
The Leaping Frog Cafe is open at weekends and public holidays through until May for lunches or morning and afternoon teas.
The Waikato Sculpture Trust runs successive sculpture exhibitions and a gallery area in the Park. There are three new exhibitions annually.

We weren’t originally planning to come here on our way to Cambridge, but we are so glad we made the stop!

There is an entry fee over 5s, but it’s well worth it to support such an awesome project, as this entire place was single handley built by the owners John & Dorothy, who still live there to this day!

The Good You’re out in the nature, can’t beat that. There are so many cool sculptures to see in here! Place is BIG, can easily spend half a day here exploring. Very peaceful and quiet. Car park is free. Toilet halfway through the track!

The Bad There isn’t really anything bad about this place - there aren’t any amenities like shops of cafes here, but you wouldn’t trade that for nature’s best ??both the boys we went with absolutely loved it!