A blog about New Zealand tramping / hiking
Emily Pass is a rewarding but challenging side trip / alternative route on the Routeburn Track spanning some of the best scenery in Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks. Start: Routeburn Shelter, trailhead of the Routeburn Track near Glenorchy End: Lake Mackenzie Hut on the Routeburn Track Length: 15km with 1,300m elevation gain / 700m
The tallest waterfall in lowland Southland was long known only to local farmers and hunters, but Makarewa Falls is now no longer a secret! Here’s all you need to know about the Makarewa Falls Track to see the waterfall with your own eyes. Length: 16km return Time taken: 6 hours return Difficulty: moderate – some
Gillespie Pass or the Wilkin-Young Circuit is a challenging tramp through some of the country’s best scenery, particularly the side-trip up to Lake Crucible. Start: 2.5 km north of Makarora on SH6 is a signposted carpark opposite the Young River. Starting here involves crossing the Makarora River via foot or jetboat. Alternatively, you can start
Skiing icefall on the Tasman Glacier, with Aoraki peering down at us – one of those days I’ll never forget. Something a little bit different This isn’t one of my usual blog posts about tramping. This is about one of the most amazing experiences of my life – one that I was very lucky to
Missed out on a Milford Track booking? Just don’t have the time to fit in the full four days? Well now you don’t have to! Let Fiordland Outdoors Co take you on a day walk on the greatest walk in the world – the Milford Track. – I have completed the Milford Track twice in
Milford Sound Lodge offers luxury accomodation directly in world-famous Milford Sound, in New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park. Milford Sound Lodge hosted Matt and I in one of their Mountain View Chalets for two nights. All I can honestly say is “wow”. We absolutely loved staying in Milford Sound, and I think you will too. Here
Tramping should be challenging, but enjoyable. Not all of the trip will be clear skies, no blisters and first choice of the bunk beds – there will be times where you’re cursing ever reading this blog or agreeing to go on that hike with your friend. And that’s ok. We’ve all been there. But tramping
