40km total 2374km 12 hours Another highlight on Te Araroa trail! Today I am crossing stag saddle, the highest point of this trail. I leave late as usual stone hut and immediately dive my feet in the cold river. This makes me walk even faster. I reach royal hut after ninety minutes and carry on […]
16km total 2390km 3.5 hours After a nice night and a great sunrise I walk the last bit into Tekapo. The road is not really interesting but it is an easy walk. Just before the end a footpath more or less washed out leads to the small touristic village. I have the first sight of […]
19km total 2334km After a good night in Geraldine the shuttles dropped us right after Mesopotamia Station. The weather was good and I enjoyed the walk. It starts along the Bush stream which I will cross a couple of time. I really enjoyed that part. After losing some time to find the washed out trail […]
32km total 2315 km 7.5 hours Cold morning today. After the rain of last day, the higher part of the mountains were all white and the first 15 minutes of the day were the coldest. But as soon as I walked in the sun it was way much better. The landscapes through the day were […]
22 km total 2283km 6 hours Want some river crossings ? Today starts by basically walking up the Hakatere river. There are no track so you just walk the river. After numerous crossings the track goes up to Clint hills saddle and opens up to magnificent views. The Rocky mountain around me are impressive. I […]
16km total 2262km 5 hours The weather wasn’t the best near the Rakaia River but it go better soon as I walked up the mountain. The shuttle left us at 13:30 at the trail after Wayne picked us up in Methven. The track goes straight up to the saddle before getting easily down pass A […]
28km total 2245km 6 hours Ho another road walk day! 28 long kilometers on a boring road but with stunning scenery. I had good weather and really enjoyed the walk. I saw lots of merino sheep on the way and as well nice little lakes. A little part of the track went through grown and […]
19km total 2217km 4 hours A short and easy day for once. I enjoyed the hut and left late to walk this short day. The trail continues down the valley from the previous day and follows a 4WD track involving numerous crossing of the river. The valley then widens up and showed the view of […]
28 km total 2472 km 8 hours And the road walk goes on. After a very late and lazy start I try to get walking. Most of the day will be on a flat road. I try to get some motivation with music and podcasts. The sun is very hard today and shade is hard […]
19km total 2198km 6.5 hours I enjoyed my motel room until the last minute and finally packed my backpack and took the road walk again. After a two days break it is always hard to walk again. As the restaurant is closed I have kind of a breakfast while I walk along the road. After […]
