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Region All Aoraki / Mt Cook Arthur's Pass Canterbury Canterbury high country Fiordland Mount Aspiring Nelson / Marlborough Otago Overseas Southland

Type All 4WD Bivvy Camping Hut Lake Other Pass / Saddle Peak Winter

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The Kepler Track was opened in 1988, making it much younger than its Great Walk friends like the Routeburn and Milford T...

In Aotearoa there are many walks to choose from, and of those walks a select few have been classified as ‘Great Walks’....

You are not supposed to enjoy work. Well that’s what I used to think before getting a good as a guide on the Routeburn /...

Once you get over the fact that being wet isn’t going to hurt you (as long as you keep moving), and when you have a nice...

To say getting a job as a guide on the Routeburn Track was a game changer is a huge understatement. I went from dreading...