Rakiura Track Stewart Island — New Zealand’s Most Southerly Great Walk
We didn’t plan to do the Rakiura Track. A friend ended up with two extra hut bookings after another person in their group dropped out — did we want to come?
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Auckland Day Walks — Our EBC Training Routes
Most of our EBC preparation has happened at the Auckland Altitude Training Centre — masks, treadmills, and hypoxic machines. But the other half of training for a multi-week mountain trek is simply getting out and walking on real terrain with real elevation.
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Greenstone Caples Track — A Complete Guide (Including the Boot Incident)
The Greenstone-Caples Track sits in the shadow of the Routeburn — one valley over, significantly less crowded, and arguably more rewarding precisely because fewer people make the effort to find it. At 61km, it’s a genuine four-day loop through the Fiordland wilderness, reaching its high point at McKellar Saddle at 945m.
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Kepler Track — A Complete Guide to One of New Zealand’s Greatest Great Walks
This article contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products and companies I genuinely use or have researched thoroughly. There’s a moment on Day 2 of the Kepler Track where you’re supposed to stop, look out…
