Wanaka to Queenstown - Te Araroa (Part 20)
My 3000km walk along the length of New Zealand continues. This four day section of the trail takes me from Wanaka to Queenstown. From Wanaka, I follow the lakefront shared use pathway around the lake for just under 20km to Glendhu Bay. From here, I follow Motatapu Road to the start of the Motatapu Alpine Track. This is a three day track from Glendhu Bay to Arrowtown over privately owned land. I make it all the way to Highland Creek Hut (from Wanaka) the first day, which was a long day! The second day was a short day from Highland Creek Hut to Roses Hut, which was only about 11km but included over 1100m of climbing! After a night at Roses Hut, I follow the track over Roses Saddle and then drop down into the Arrow River Valley, where I choose the high route above the river. This track takes me to Macetown, a historic abandoned mining settlement, where there is a campsite. From here, I follow the track out to Arrowtown, via Big Hill Saddle (another 500m climb!). The final day on this section takes me from Arrowtown to Queenstown - a section of about 30km mainly consisting of easy shared use walk/bike paths, passing through Lake Hayes, Lower Shotover and Frankton before reaching Queenstown.
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Chapters:
0:00 Wanaka to Highland Creek Hut
9:21 Highland Creek Hut to Roses Hut
16:20 Roses Hut to Arrowtown
24:11 Arrowtown to Queenstown
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The colours are stunning.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah really nice to see the autumn colours around! Thanks for watching!
Great video, amazing scenery..... maybe one of my favourite videos of this series so far
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!
Oh so beautiful, magnificent scenery! I saw what looked like a wild cat in the highlands of the Motatapu Alpine track, behind you. huge effort climbing very steep slopes!!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
It was another beautiful part of the country. Yes, there was a wild cat in the video - well spotted! I saw a few of them along that track.
@pamwarner2417
Жыл бұрын
@@onthetrailnz thanks 😊
Very beautiful. Some of track looked extremely thin in places....the shot over is such a picturesque river. Looking forward to the next installment
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yes another beautiful part of the country and definitely some interesting parts to the track!
Amazing scenery thank you for another awesome video. Parts looked like a right goat track with step drop offs!! Well done on your journey so far!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah there were some pretty interesting sections of track!
Another enjoyable video of some of the great country in the mainland, well done
@onthetrailnz
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Thanks for watching! It was another great section of the trail - amazing scenery!
@KeithYoungman
Жыл бұрын
@@onthetrailnz Hi Jared, was there an old gold stamping mill in Macetown, I was there in the early 1970's & there was one that had a roof over it to help preserve it?
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Hi, there were signs saying there were a few stamping batteries further up the valley a bit. I think the closest one was about 20 minutes each way from where I was in Macetown, so I decided just to continue!
Another great video mate! She looked a bit steep in places along the Mototapu Track!
@onthetrailnz
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Thanks for watching! Yeah it was pretty steep and some interesting sections of track!
You sure can smash out those km mate. Great effit
@onthetrailnz
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Yeah that was definitely a long day out of Wanaka up to Highland Creek!
What beautiful country Jared (until you get to the weird alleyway entry into Q'town)! I have never tramped in that sort of country, but it reminded me of nassella tussock grubbing days in North Canterbury when I was at school - especially the caress of matagouri on bare legs! Lovely long views, sunny days, and excellent huts. We have often stayed at Glendhu Bay campground, but I had no idea the Motatapu Track started just around the corner.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it was definitely a beautiful part of the country! The Glendhu Bay campground looked nice - I met a few people on the Motatapu that had stayed there the night before.
Spectacular weather - how did u manage that!!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
I was so lucky with the weather the whole way through! Really fortunate when you see what other parts of the country were going through.
I hope you run for Prime Minister of NZ.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
I don't have a communication degree yet!
Tracks are often irrational. Develop your own routes as a true bushman. Next time mate
@onthetrailnz
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Yeah I've done a bit of off track adventuring!