Whirinaki Forest: 4 days tramping in September
A 4-day tramp through centered around the Central Whirinaki and Upper Whirinaki Huts. Beautiful streams and waterfalls and lots of variety. This is a lovely tramp – fairly safe, with a variety of scenery and some easy and some challenging days.
Whirinaki Forest: 3 days tramping in December
A 3-day tramp through the Whirinaki rainforest. This time of year we had a few too many stream crossings and stinging nettles to contend with, but it was beautiful all the same.
Whirinaki Forest: 6 days tramping in February
Whirinaki State Forest Park in the central North Island has over 100 kilometres of tramping tracks through a variety of terrain. Situated between Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera National Park, Whirinaki offers beautiful clear rivers and streams which are home to native blue ducks, podocarp and beech forests and stunning rugged valleys.
Whirinaki Forest
Whirinaki Forest in the central North Island is a place of crystal-clear water, blue ducks and soaring forests of ancient podocarps and beech. The forest park offers over 100 kilometres of tramping tracks that range from broad, almost flat trails through towering podocarp forest to rugged climbs over remote ranges clad in beech forest and [...]
Rotorua: Thermal Attractions
Rotorua is the city of thermal attractions. Situated on the edge of Lake Rotorua, the geothermal activity here is intense, and gives rise to some amazing and unique hot springs, craters, geysers and bubbling mud pools that can be found throughout the city. There are a few spots in particular where the geothermal activity has [...]
Rotorua
Rotorua is the top tourist destination in the central North Island. Most don’t go there for the smell, (although I quite like it), so it must be the spectacular scenery and the mineral-rich hot waters that draw people in. These have been created by volcanism that still burns deep beneath the city. There’s also an [...]
Rangitoto Island
Rangitoto Island at the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland (Waitemata means ‘sparkling waters’ in Maori). This picture was taken on a kayaking trip from Okahu Bay, Auckland to Rangitoto Island.
Travers, Sabine & Lake Angelus: 9 day tramp
Our previous three day tramp around Lake Angelus was so stunningly beautiful that we decided to do it again, only this time for 9 days.
Lake Angelus: 3 days tramping
The DoC visitors’ centre is located at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti in the village of St Arnaud. From here you can also get shuttle services to the track entrances and skifields, and the water taxi. You’ll also find a shop, campgrounds and accommodation.
Nelson Lakes National Park
Nelson Lakes National Park is in the South Island at the northern end of the Southern Alps, about 80km south of Nelson, and about one and a half hours by car from Nelson or Blenheim, or 5 hours from Christchurch. It’s an area of stunning glacier-carved natural beauty and offers great tramping.
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