Nina Valley Track to Upper Nina Bivvy

Upper Nina Bivvy

Nina Valley Track to Upper Nina Bivvy If you're looking at a weekend in the Lake Sumner Forest Park, try this overnighter heading up the Nina Valley Track to Nina Hut then on to the…

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Rakiura Stewart Island Southern Circuit

From Doughboy Hill to Rakeahua

Rakiura Stewart Island Southern Circuit - Clockwise During the summer of 2022, I was lucky enough to spend three wonderful weeks on Rakiura / Stewart Island for some quality tramping, including this four-day three-night stunner…

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Rakiura Stewart Island North West Circuit

Waituna Bay Rakiura Stewart Island North West Circuit

Rakiura Stewart Island North West Circuit - Clockwise An absolute corker of a trip! Ten days, nine nights on the 125 Km Rakiura Stewart Island North West Circuit. DOC describes the circuit as Advanced, and…

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1000 Acre Plateau

From Mt Misery overlooking 100 Acre Plateau, the Needle and the Haystack tinytramper

1000 Acre Plateau ... "it might be a bit muddy" my friend said casually, a few nights before we ambled up to the 1000 Acre Plateau for a Winter Queens Birthday-weekend trip. We discovered a…

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Gillespie Pass Circuit

Young Valley on the Gillespie circuit

Gillespie Pass Circuit If you're looking for a fantastic multi-day tramp with beautiful dense forest, mountains galore, wide valleys, rivers and a beautiful lake, then the 58Km Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park…

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