Our backcountry tramping camp is for older teenagers that have a bit more stamina. This year we head into the Mt Aspiring Wilderness up the Wikin River Valley near Lake Wanaka.
As an older teenage tramping camp you will need to have reasonable level of fitness (so start training now) and will need to carry all your own food and gear with you as you tramp.
We are tramping up the Wilkin River Valley into Mt Aspiring National Park. We will be staying in Siberia Hut in the midst of the mountains.
We will be casually tramping on average 20km each day to a booked DoC hut along a tramping track.
Over the four days of the tramp we will jetboat across the Makarora River, tramp up the stunning Wilkin River Valley to Siberia Hut. Take day trips to the beatitful and secludded Lake Crucible and tramp up to the Gillespie Pass with amazing mountain views of Mt Awful … so called because it fills one full of awe!
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We will be staying in a booked DoC backcountry hut we have spaces booked in.
With no power or cellphone coverage*, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
* we have a satellite communicator for emergencies
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp:
Our backcountry tramping camp is for older teenagers that have a bit more stamina. This year we head into the glorious Greenstone and Caples Valleys near Fiordland.
As an older teenage tramping camp you will need to have reasonable level of fitness (so start training now) and will need to carry all your own food and gear with you as you tramp.
We are tramping up the Caples Valley and back down the Greenstone valleys with a side trip into Steele Creek.
We will be casually tramping on average 20km each day to private huts along a very good condition track down. We pass over the stunning Mckellor Pass and will explore side valley of Steele Creek. Along the way we will see breath-taking views of Mt Tutoko (Fiordland’s highest mountain), the Caples Gorge (with beautiful hidden swimming hole) and Lake McKellor (a back-country lake only accessible by foot).
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We will be staying in two private back-country huts* we have booked in the remote wilderness - these huts give us some shelter but are often cold meaning warm clothing is a must. But the scenery is oh....so amazing!
With no power or cellphone coverage*, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
* we have a satellite communicator for emergencies
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp:
Our junior tramping camp is returning to the stunning Hollyford Valley where we ran our first Junior Tramping camp. It’s for anyone that is keen on giving real tramping a try in the New Zealand backcountry.
As beginner tramping you will need to have reasonable level of fitness (so start training now) and will need to carry all your own food and gear with you as you tramp.
We are tramping the first part of the Hollyford Track in Northern Fiordland.
We will be casually tramping on average 9km each day to DOC huts along a reasonably good condition track down the Lower Hollyford river valley. This brief-taking track takes in views of Mt Tutoko (Fiordland’s highest mountain), Hidden Falls (a stunning hidden waterfall) and Lake Alabaster (a back-country gem of a lake only accessible by foot).
We will be staying in public DOC back-country huts* in the remote wilderness - these huts give us some shelter but are often cold meaning warm clothing is a must. But the scenery is oh....so amazing!
* we also take tents just in case there is no room for us in the huts
With no power or cellphone coverage*, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
* we have a satellite communicator for emergencies
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp:
This backcountry tramping trip takes us along the spectacular yet rugged South Coast Tramping track in the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island. We head into the remote reaches of Fiordland National Park.
The amazing thing about this tramp is there are no hills – just lot’s and lot’s of mud and roots!
We are heading to the same location that the Junior Tramping Camp is heading but don’t be fooled into thinking it will be a “dawdle in the park”:
However we will still tramp along golden beaches (which often includes seeing Hectors Dolphins close to shore), and old bush tramways which are dead flat (but also sometimes quite muddy!)
We walk still cross all the wooden viaducts including the Percy Burn Viaduct (the tallest wooden viaduct in the Southern Hemisphere).
To finish the tramp off on the last day we get to travel on the Wairaurahiri Jet for 90 minutes up the Wairaurahiri River and across Lake Hauroko ( NZ’s deepest lake at 632m and the 17th-deepest of the world’s 5 million lakes). The Wairaurahiri River is also known as “New Zealand’s longest waterfall” as it drops 200m in its 27km length.
We are tramping “as much as we can fit” of the South Coast Track near Tuatapere in Southland.
The actual tramping track takes us along the southern boundary of Fiordland National Park along the rugged coastline of the Southern Ocean.
Our intended plan is:
We will be staying in public DOC back-country huts* in the remote wilderness - these huts give us some shelter but are often cold meaning warm clothing is a must. But the scenery is oh....so amazing!
* we also take tents just in case there is no room for us in the huts
With no power or cellphone coverage*, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
* we have a satellite communicator for emergencies
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp:
This tramping trip takes us along the spectacular yet rugged South Coast Tramping track in the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island. We head into the remote reaches of Fiordland National Park.
The amazing thing about this tramp is there is no hills. We tramp along golden beaches (which often includes seeing Hectors Dolphins close to shore), and old bush tramways which are dead flat (but also sometimes quite muddy!)
We walk across several large wooden viaducts including the Percy Burn Viaduct (the tallest wooden viaduct in the Southern Hemisphere).
To finish the tramp off on the last day we get to travel on the Wairaurahiri Jet for 90 minutes up the Wairaurahiri River and across Lake Hauroko ( NZ’s deepest lake at 632m and the 17th-deepest of the world’s 5 million lakes). The Wairaurahiri River is also known as “New Zealand’s longest waterfall” as it drops 200m in its 27km length.
We are tramping the first part of the South Coast Track near Tuatapere in Southland.
The actual tramping track takes us along the southern boundary of Fiordland National Park along the rugged coastline of the Southern Ocean.
Our intended plan is:
We will be staying in public DOC back-country huts* in the remote wilderness - these huts give us some shelter but are often cold meaning warm clothing is a must. But the scenery is oh....so amazing!
* we also take tents just in case there is no room for us in the huts
With no power or cellphone coverage*, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
* we have a satellite communicator for emergencies
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp:
This new tramping camp for 2020 opens up our regular leaders winter tramp for campers to attend as well. It's great to get away into the hills in the winter. The air is crisper and the crowds are few.
This is the camp for those with good physical fitness and want to give back-country tramping a go in the winter..
This tramp will involve tramping on established tramping tracks to stay in huts.
We'll be heading in the mighty Greenstone Valley on the boundary of Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Park near Queenstown.
We'll be tramping about 18km each day and staying in the Mid Greenstone Hut (which is a private hut we've booked for ourselves).
The plan is as follows:
We will be staying in huts in the winter - this means warm clothing is a must. But the scenery is oh....so amazing!
With no no power or cellphone coverage, we have plenty of time to play cool games like "The Most Awesome Game in the World" and make our own fun in the wilderness.
Tramping is all about walking, good company and eating food. Lots of snacks to build up your energy for tramping
These are essentials to know before you enrol in this tramping camp: