Saturday March 16, 2024Distance/ Total: 34.5 km / 21.4 mi Shaun and I were up and hiking as soon as it was light enough to see. That’s 7:30am now. The trail started by continuing down the 4WD road from yesterday. It was still full of potholes and mud puddles as we made our way toward Mavora Campground. We skirted the […]

Friday March 15, 2024Distance/ Total: 27.5 km / 17.5 mi It rained pretty hard last night. I could hear it on the metal roof of the hut from about 10:30pm and til about 5:00am. I’m sure glad we were in a hut for the night. Shaun and I were up and ready to hike by 7:30am. We started hiking as […]

Thursday March 14, 2024Distance/ Total: 15.0 km / 9.3 mi Camping down low next to a river and a lake, we woke up with everything wet again this morning. We slowly got around and started on trail about 7:50am. The trail started by climbing upwards and following the Greenstone River upstream. We soon reached the bridge over the Greenstone River, […]

Wednesday March 13, 2024Distance/ Total: 30.4 km / 18.9 mi It rained on and off all night. I woke about 6:00am and thought it was over, but it still rained a little after that. We packed up our wet gear and started down the trail about 7:30am. From the campsite the trail followed the Greenstone River downstream for a couple […]

Tuesday March 12, 2024Distance/ Total: 29.5 km / 18.3 mi Shaun and I were up early to catch an 8:00am bus to the start of the Routeburn Track. The Routeburn Trail is not part of the official Te Araroa Trail, but is one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. By linking the Routeburn Track and the Caples Track together we will […]

Monday March 11, 2024Distance/ Total: 28.6 km / 17.8 mi The trail from Arrowtown followed the Queenstown Bike path. The path followed the roadway out of town and turned into a golf course where it followed a gravel path. The path circled the golf course and headed down toward Lake Hayes. The trail then followed the shoreline up high on […]

Sunday March 10, 2024Distance/ Total: 23.4 km / 14.5 mi We were up and on the trail about 7:15am this morning. The trail from Roses Hut started with a 540m climb up to Roses Saddle. The trail was steep but in very good condition and we made it to the top in about 1.5 hours. From the top of the […]

Saturday March 9, 2024Distance/ Total: 16.6 km / 10.3 mi Shaun and I were up early this morning in order to get an early start hiking. It wasn’t a really long day, but there were 3 big ascents and descents and those can be pretty tough on the TA. The trail from camp started out ascending 500m up toward Jack […]

Friday March 8, 2024Distance/ Total: 24.7 km / 15.3 mi Shaun and I got around fairly early this morning, but did take time to eat some breakfast at the hostel before heading back to the trail. We were on the trail by about 7:45am and began our walk out of town. There is a Farm Show going on this weekend […]

Thursday March 7, 2024Distance/ Total: 0 km / 0 mi Not having a zero day in quite some time I was looking forward to sleeping in this morning. I didn’t wake up until 7:45am and it felt great to sleep in. Shaun and I got around slowly and headed to town to eat breakfast. There were lots of restaurant choices […]