Photo: Salisbury Lodge and environs – Kahurangi National Park
Kahurangi National Park is the second-largest national park in the country, covering a lot of wild country between Golden Bay and the West Coast. The Heaphy Track, one of the Great Walks, crosses it, and there are tablelands, tarns and big valleys beyond that.
The club's trips range from easy-medium to fit: Mt Arthur and the Tablelands, the Cobb Valley and Lake Peel, Salisbury Lodge, Fenella, Balloon and Trilobite huts, and Mt Owen. April is the busiest month in the reports.
Highlight trips
Heaphy Track – November 20152015 · Easy-Medium
Tablelands – Cobb Valley (combined EM and M trip – Kahurangi National Park)2021 · Medium
A Karst Limestone Wonderland at Mount Owen2017 · Medium-Fit
1000 Acre Plateau2021 · Medium
Lockett Range Loop – Kahurangi National Park2023 · Medium
Salisbury Lodge and environs – Kahurangi National Park2025 · Easy-Medium
A Wangapeka Wander to Kiwi Saddle2017 · Easy-Medium- Trip reportThe Heaphy RevisitedI seem to do the Heaphy Track once every 25 years. The last time was in 1973 (don’t ask me about the time before that if you value your life!); the most recent time was earlier this year at Waitangi weekend when Austin, Andy Sweet, Suzi Penny and I took an…
- Trip reportEaster in KahurangiSince I moved to Auckland in November ’97, tramping trips have been few and far between so I was really looking forward to spending Easter with the club in Kahurangi National Park – Andrew McLellan was leading a trip to Kakapo Spur. Andrew and the rest of the…