St James Walkway The St James Walkway from the Lewis Pass to Boyle Village in North Canterbury is a Kiwi gem. The 66 km trail is easily accessible, not too difficult (no major elevation or…
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Te Araroa trail
Te Araroa Trail Day 146 – Porters Creek hut to St Arnaud
The Richmond Ranges - Porters Creek hut to St Arnaud We all woke around 6am this morning and several of us left Porters Creek hut by 7.15am. We enjoyed a great morning's hike, and it…
Te Araroa Trail Day 145 – Top Wairoa hut to Porters Creek hut
Te Araroa Trail - Richmond Ranges - Top Wairoa hut to Porters Creek hut Christmas Day on Te Araroa trail 🙂🌲 We got up at 4am as Flo wanted to call his family in Europe…
Te Araroa Trail Day 144 – Tarn hut to Top Wairoa hut
Te Araroa Trail - Richmond Ranges - Tarn hut to Top Wairoa hut We had a great sleep in the tent last night and woke to a chorus of bird song at Tarn hut. Blair…
Te Araroa Trail Day 143 – Slaty hut to Tarn hut
Te Araroa Trail - Richmond Ranges - Slaty hut to Tarn hut - over the Rintouls This was probably one of the biggest and best days on Te Araroa trail, over the Little and Big…
Te Araroa Trail Day 142 – Browning hut to Slaty hut
Te Araroa Trail - Richmond Ranges - Browning hut to Slaty hut We woke early and left Browning hut at 7.15am this morning. The trail was excellent and pretty much downhill all the way to…
Te Araroa Trail Day 141 – Maitai dam to Browning hut
Te Araroa Trail - Richmond Ranges - Maitai dam to Browning hut This week's adventure brought me back onto Te Araroa Trail, nine months after I left it. If you followed my Te Araroa trail…
Tinytramper article in ‘Wilderlife’ NZ magazine
When I returned from hiking Te Araroa trail 3000 km the length of New Zealand, I entered an essay into the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival for their NZ mountain writing competition. I wanted…
Te Araroa Trail Itinerary
Te Araroa Trail Itinerary Mine was a leisurely thru-hike and below is my Te Araroa Trail itinerary. Click the links in red to view day by day or start with Day 1 on the blog…
Te Araroa Trail Planning
Route, Gear, Food and Training - Te Araroa Trail Planning I did a lot of reading, research, preparation and planning for my Te Araroa trail hike 2017/18 season. I love preparing for a trip (any…