Te Anau, New Zealand
Te Anau
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A well deserved great walk! Not too difficult, track is well maintained and quite easy flowing with the odd challenge here and there. It is a very crowded walk in booking season
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Awsome Loop! I've done it in one day. Made it as a running event, cause my time schedule was pretty full and i missed it to book a hut for a night. Beautiful landscape!
Wonderful Track! Did it in two days and slept only in the iris but recommend to do it slower and make it three days.
Kepler track is 60km loop which will lead you through Fiordlands native bush, forests as well as alpine sections and ridgelines in 1.4km altitude. Diverse and stunning. If you have time you should not miss one of NZ's great walks.
Clockwise or counterclockwise? People can trek the Kepler track from control gate near the golf court then walk counterclockwise to end at rainbow reach or back to control gate; or walk it clockwise start from rainbow reach. I walked in counterclockwise from control gate which is more a official direction, in 2 days. Stay one night at Iris Burn hut. I would think this is a easier and better way to enjoy the walk. Breaking the walk in 2 days. The first day, from control gate to Iris Burn hut, is all the up and down peaks range in the walk and the most gorgeous sceneries part. The up hill is gradual, via Luxmore hut to Luxmore summit. From Temperate forest to Sierra wetland then dry land, the panoramic view give us te Anau plain on on side, and a peek of fiord on the other side. From the Luxmore summit, there is 2 to 3 hours spectacular ridges walk on the mountain range until hanging valley shelter. To end the day, it’s the rapid 2 hours descent in the iris burn valley. The second day is mostly flat plain walk in the same temporary forest. It’s a little bit boring as it takes 6 hrs to rainbow reach or 9 hrs back to control gate. Imagine if doing the walk reversely, the first day is relaxing. The second day starts with painful 3 hours ascend then the mountain ranges. Maybe it is better and worth to stay one more night at Luxmore Hut to end the walk more pleasantly.
This is the right carpark and geolocation to start, if you want short day walks to Dock Bay or Broad Bay. If you continue from Broad Bay for about 6 hours more, you will try to Luxmore Hut. The track is very tranquil, we were lucky to spot and hear several rare species of birds! Highly recommended if you are in Te Anau.
Hiking trail on south island near town of Teanau. Beautiful hiking, beware of sand flies
Informative tables and maps. Good preparation for Kepler track walk. Near the entrance one could see the water dam
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