The eastern entrance of the walkway is on the Waipu Cove Road just by the Robert Hastie Memorial Scenic Reserve – about 7 km from the Mangawhai Heads Road junction.

The walkway climbs quite steeply at first through regenerating vegetation then joins a graded farm track. Views of the sea quickly appear and later you can see Mangawhai estuary and then Chicken Islands. From here, the road skirts around gullies past regenerating bush and up quite steeply over a spur. As you reach the Trig at 276 metres you can get magnificent views in every direction. From Robert Hastie Reserve to the Trig takes 1 hour.