Ellis Basin Route We took a detour off the popular Mt Arthur summit track in the Kahurangi National Park, to spend a weekend freezing our bits off tramping the beautiful Ellis Basin Route and around…
Ellis Basin Route

Tramping adventures in New Zealand
Tramping adventures in New Zealand
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Ellis Basin Route We took a detour off the popular Mt Arthur summit track in the Kahurangi National Park, to spend a weekend freezing our bits off tramping the beautiful Ellis Basin Route and around…
Lake Daniell Track The Lake Daniell track is one of those 'first overnight tramp' types of track. At 8.4 Kms one way it isn't too long (we took 2 hours), it's reasonably flat through beautiful…
A Half-Day to Beebys Knob / Beebys Hut Close to Nelson, easy parking and great views make a half-day walk to Beebys Knob (1442m) and Beebys hut a must-do for locals. There are both walking…
Mt Somers Loop For this excellent overnight Mt Somers trip, we started at the Sharplin Falls car park and took a leisurely day, walking in an anti-clockwise direction to Woolshed Creek hut. We then climbed…
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…
Gordons Knob Today's adventure was a local mission, with the aim of heading up to Gordons Knob from Inwood lookout South of Belgrove. It turned out to be an absolute cracker! Around 13 km there…