The Department Of Conservation DOC no longer likes people to leave their cars at the Mangatepopo end of the track due to a high number of thefts so the shuttles from Ketatahi at the end of the day do not drop people off at the Mangatepopo carpark. They will only drop you on the main road which is 7 kilometres from the carpark. Instead DOC is trying to encourage people to leave their cars at Whakapapa Village and get a shuttle to the start of the track and the shuttles from the end drop you back to Whakapapa village for $15
