Kawekas 19-22 November

A fly in and tramp out scenario into the interior of the Kaweka and Kaimanawa Forest Parks.

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Our taxi arriving at The Gums - where we'll end up in 4 days

Deposited a few minutes later at Boyd airstrip

Arriving at Tussock Hut - note the little sika hanging under in porch

Tussock Hut has a nice setting

Harkness valley

Several hours later, arriving at Harkness for our first night

Nice to get the boots off at the end of the day. Nicest hut of the trip.

Climbing out of the Harkness

Te Puke trig

Te Puke Hut, our lunch stop

Enroute to .....

... Mangaturutu

Someone must of left the door open before the concrete set

Mangaturutu sunset

Brief stop at Tira/Kelvinator Lodge

Lunch on bush edge heading towards Kaweka Range

Steve soaking up Kaweka views

Start of long descent to Makino Hut

Mohaka at Te Puia

Back at The Gums

Our route: 52km