33km total 3006km 7 hours I woke up early this morning. It was around 4:15 but anyway I wasn’t really sleeping because I guess of the excitement. It is not everyday that you finish a three thousands kilometers adventure. I pack my tent in the pitch dark night and make myself on the way. The […]
45 km total 2973km 11 hours The weather today is as bad as yesterday. We decided to go on and keep walking. There is this lockdown coming in two days but other than two slightly panicked TA walkers we didn’t knew much about it. And my phone was definitely dead so I didn’t know what […]
30km total 2898km 9 hours After a nice night in the old hut it was time to attack the last bit of forest of Te Araroa. After a little bit of mud the water race track begins. Over twenty two kilometers of zigzagging track following the old water race on the side of the mountain. […]
28km total 2898km 9 hours Last mountains on Te Araroa ! Mixed feelings too. On one hand no more boring walk through muds and endless forest but then on the other hand no more trail at all. After a good breakfast completed by fresh hard eggs I walk up the road then go back to […]
27km total 2870km 7 hours And the rain is back. I decided to get on track after a late start and soon after the station the track gets muddy and soon steep up the first hill of the day. I enjoy the views before entering the clouds on the top of the hills. The wind […]
27 km total 2843 km Kinda of a early wake up for me. As the mouse destroyed my night of rest it was time to get going after finishing cleaning the mess this little piece of mammals created in my tent. I left the camp around eight as the others campers were still camping. The […]
21km total 2816km 9 hours And another forest day! At least there will be less and less of it on my way to Bluff. But right now it is time to say goodbye to the hut and enjoy the cold weather to walk faster through the roots, stream and muddy parts of the trail. The […]
22 km total 2795km 7 hours After getting a lift from two nice American hiking women and a three kilometers walk on the state highway it was time to walk back on Te Araroa. The first bit of the day was a boring gravel road through farmland but at list the view of the mountains […]
22km total 2701 km 6 hours After some good rest days in Queenstown it was time to get back on the trail. It is all lazy and with a backpack full of food that I left Greenstone after Christian drove me there on the gravel road all around lake Wakatipu. The sunny weather and easy […]
38 km total 2739 km 10 hours After a good night on the large two person mattresses from the hut, I crossed the river with the swing bridge back to the swampy track. The track makes my progress quite slow but then I can spend more time enjoying the landscape. I walk accross a couple […]
