Nearby | Tarn on the Matiri to Wangapeka ridge

Matiri Valley to Wangapeka Saddle

Track • 4 – 6 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

An interesting cross country trip in Kahurangi National Park involving a stretch of unmarked ridge travel More ▶︎

Matiri Valley to Wangapeka Saddle

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

An interesting cross country trip in Kahurangi National Park More ▶︎

Tarn - Matiri Tops

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Tarn, and sole campspot / water source on the Matiri Tops. 3km north of pt1442 More ▶︎

Camping by the Tarn on the Matiri Wangapeka Ridge

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

There was one established tent site and we found room for another tent. More ▶︎

Mt Arthur to Murchison

GPX file • Distance: 333m away

track from Mt Atrhur Tablelands to Murchison via Wangapeka Saddle, Nugget Knob and the Matiri Valley More ▶︎

Patches of bush on Matiri Range Dec 2017

Photograph • Distance: 507m away

This view shows the landscape of the Matiri Range and looks SW from near Point 1393m. You need to cross ... More ▶︎

Larrikin Hut to Hurricane Hut via Mt Haystack

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

This pic is taken from point 1442 looking back towards Mt Haystack. The point on the skyline is 1411 on ... More ▶︎

Hurricane Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

The hut can be seen from well down the flat, before you het there. More ▶︎

Hurricane Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

A compact little hut in the head of the Matiri Valley More ▶︎

Hurricane Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 3.4km away

A pleasant 4 bunker at the head of the Matiri More ▶︎

Hurricane Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

Hurricane Hut - tumbled limestone bluffs beyond More ▶︎

Nuggett Knob Close up

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away

Only one more hill to go over before the Wangapeka More ▶︎

Matiri Tops

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

Matiri Tops, looking north from pt 1442 More ▶︎

Wangapeka Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

Wangapeka Saddle from Nuggett Knob. Mt Luna to the right More ▶︎

Matiri Wangapeka ridge from Nuggett Knob

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

This photo shows the whole ridge. Point 1442 above Hurricane Hut is in the middle and the tarn is on ... More ▶︎

Wankapeka Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Wangapeka Saddle from Matiri Tops More ▶︎

Great place for a snack

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Doing my Garfield act on the last day of the Wangapeka More ▶︎

Wangapeka Track

Track • 4 – 5 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away

A Long gold trail following a series of river valleys. More ▶︎

Nice clearings in the Upper Matiri

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

After a lot of bush and river travel, this clearing make a pleasant respite More ▶︎

Fuchsia forest - route to Biggs Tops

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

Fuchsia forest - route to Biggs Tops More ▶︎

Inside Cecil Kings Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

A museum, but with matresses More ▶︎

The Cecil King Story

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

What a wonderful tale More ▶︎

Cecil King Historic Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

Built from the bush, a reminant from a past era More ▶︎

Cecil Kings Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 6.9km away

This historic hut is only a couple of hundred metres from the newer and larger Kings Creek Hut on the ... More ▶︎

Kings Creek Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 7.1km away

A large and clinical 1980s hut on the Wangapeka Track More ▶︎

Kings Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

A large and rather clinical hut on the Wangapeka Track More ▶︎

Stone Hut (Kahurangi)

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 7.2km away

Stone Hut is situated on the banks of the Wangapeka River where it meets Stone Creek. The Wangapeka Track continues ... More ▶︎

Biggs Tops

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

Biggs Tops looking into the Kendall Valley and down the Karamea River from behind Trevor Carter Hut. More ▶︎

Stone Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

Not made of stone but lots of stones on the track upstram from here More ▶︎

Blue duck / whio

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

The blue duck is an uncommon duck found on swiftly flowing rivers only in New Zealand. This one was swimming ... More ▶︎

Stone Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

On the Wangapeka track. Very cosy. Saw Whio in the river adjacent to the hut. More ▶︎

Helicopter Flat hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Helicopter Flat hut. taken Jan 2015 More ▶︎

Biggs Tops

Photograph • Distance: 7.6km away

Biggs Tops, Karamea in cloud beyond More ▶︎

Helicopter Flat Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 7.9km away

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Trevor Carter Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Trevor Carter Hut, July 2009, I spent 2 days here waiting for the rain and thunder to stop. More ▶︎

Trevor Carter Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 8.9km away

A new 12 bunk DOC hut on the Karamea River More ▶︎

Leslie-Karamea

Track • 3 – 4 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 9.1km away

Joins onto Wangapeka Track. More ▶︎