1000 Acre Plateau Needle Haystack, Kahurangi NP, 19 Feb 2022

20 km off the sh main road to the road end and car park, 13km of it is gravel but no 4 wheel drive required. 1hour walk into Lake Matiri Hut, a cosy 6 bunk hut with a fireplace and a great view of the lake. A good option for an overnight at either end...

Anatoki - Waingaro, Kahurangi NP, 29 Jan 2022

South bound group report. The route from the carpark at 150 m starts up an old miners dray track and stays above the right bank of the Anatoki for the whole day, passing through Anatoki Bend (220 m, good camping) and over numerous tributary streams to...

Dragon’s Teeth (or gums…), Kahurangi NP, 30 Dec 2021

Day One - Cobb road end to Fenella Hut (30 Dec) We left Nelson at 8.30am, stopping at Riwaka for a coffee. On our drive up the lower Cobb Valley we passed hundreds of ‘Twisted Frequency’ festival goers parked on the side of the road, but we drove on by...

Dragons Teeth Traverse - Southbound, Kahurangi NP, 30 Dec 2021

DRAGONS TEETH TRAVERSE | Southbound Party 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022 By Ray Salisbury Day 1: Aorere Valley – Lake Clara After a three-hour drive over Takaka Hill to Bainham, we briefly visited Ray’s Gt-Grandfather’s old home named Armchair Farm,...

Takaka Hill Walkway and Harwoods Hole, Abel Tasman NP, 8 Jan 2022

On Saturday 8th January, a group of predominantly newbie trampers plus a couple of old hats, were ably led by Esther to the Takaka hill walkway and then on to Harwoods hole. It was a sunny day so the trip around the Takaka walkway was completed in...