Heaphy Track

Heaphy Track New Zealand

A 4 day walk on the Heaphy Track in New Zealand's Kahurangi National Park

Heaphy Track - New Zealand Great Walks Track - New Zealand's Information Network

This guide has been compiled by the New Zealand Information Network to introduce you to these crown jewels of our tramping track network. New Zealand's most popular tramping/trekking tracks and a river journey are collectively known as the Great Walks.

Enter a West Coast ecological wonderland called Kahurangi National Park by following one of New Zealand's best-loved tracks.

The 82 km Heaphy Track is renowned for the beauty and diversity of its landscapes. The 4 to 6 day tramp begins in the historic gold mining valley of the Aorere River. It then climbs steadily through beech forest and alpine herb fields, and crosses the vast red tussock grasslands of the Gouland Downs. At intervals, classic Kahurangi sculptured limestone outcrops appear. Beech trees laced with hanging mosses and lichens enclose dense fern grottos, to create a magical 'enchanted forest' scene. Finally as the track descends to the dramatic West Coast, pounding surf can be viewed through lush sub-tropical groves of nikau palms - an incredible contrast in both vegetation and topography.

Trampers normally choose to travel east to west, starting out from the Brown Hut at Aorere. This is 28 km from Collingwood in Golden Bay and 135 km from Nelson. Along the track there are 7 huts and 7 campsites for which you need to purchase a Great Walk pass. The Heaphy Hut is set above the river with views to the Tasman Sea. From this hut the final day is 5 hours walk down the coastline to the Kohaihai River, 16 km north of Karamea. Transport operators provide a shuttle service to the track start from Collingwood, Takaka, Motueka and Nelson. A Karamea taxi service and bus shuttle meets trampers at the track end.

The Heaphy Track is particularly fascinating if you have an interest in the natural world. The Kahurangi region has half of New Zealand's native plant species, including 80% of all alpine plants. Orchids grow on the forest floor. The Gouland Downs rocks are the oldest in New Zealand at 500 million years. Perry Saddle hut is possibly the best place to see kiwi in their native habitat.

This is truly a Great Walk in every sense. It provides a kaleidoscope of interest for the nature lover and is a truly magical experience.

Heaphy Track Ride-Nelson New Zealand

Ride the Heaphy . get your shuttles from Helicharter Karamea.

New Zealand - South Island - Heaphy Track (09-2007)

From 20/09/2007 to 23/09/2007.

Beautiful walk with changing landscapes in the middle of nowhere.

The Heaphy Track, located in Kahurangi National Park at the north-west corner of the South Island, is the longest of the DOC Great Walks. For 78.4 kilometres the track crosses the Park's range of landscapes, starting from the junction of the Brown and Aorere Rivers, over expansive tussock downs to the lush forests, nikau palms and roaring seas of the West Coast.

New Zealand - Kahurangi National Park - Tarnaki track - 2008

This is compilation of videos Ive taken during my three days track in Kahurangy national park in New Zealand. I havent met a single person whole that time.. simply awsome exp!!!
(reupload in better quality)

Dragon's Teeth High Route, Kahurangi NP, New Zealand (HD)

03-02-2014

'The Wireless' , Dragons Teeth & Anatoki Peak.

Douglas Range, Kahurangi National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Kohaihai / Heaphy Track. New Zealand

Mount Owen, Kahurangi NP, New Zealand

11-02-2014

Granity Pass & Mount Owen area, Kahurangi NP, New Zealand.

Leslie-Karamea track | Kahurangi National Park Nowa Zelandia

Heaphy Track, New Zealand (Great Walks Track Profile 5 of 9)

The Heaphy Track is one of the New Zealand Department of Conservation's nine Great Walks.

Hiking the amazing Heaphy Track, Part 1 of 2, December 2016

The Heaphy Track is a 78,4 km hiking track, located in the Kahurangi National Park, at the very north of the South Island of New Zealand.
The track is known for being the most diverse of the nine great walks and the scenery offered is truly spectacular.

You can hike the track from either end, and we decided to start from the Brown Hut end. As we were driving up the west coast, we opted for a plane ride across the mountains which offered spectacular views of the track and the hut locations.

We hiked the track over four days, which meant day hikes reaching 24,2 km. This was quite the challenge but well worth it.
The track is designated a Great Walk and thus you need to book accomodation on the track well ahead.

The length of the track, combined with the relatively inaccessible start and end point, means you will be accompanied with relatively experienced hikers. This might be a good thing as they tend to have good hut etiquette and you will have many chances to share hiking memories and recommendations for other tracks.

This is the first section of our hike, starting with a plane ride from Karma Aerodrome to Takaka Airport. From there we took a shuttle to the start of the track at Brown Hut. Leaving the sandflies behind, we ventured up in the hills and reaching Perry Saddle Hut for our first night. On day 2, which was the longest day of hiking (24,2 km) we walked across the highlands and windy tussocks to James Mackay Hut.

Shot in New Zealand on the 23-26:th of December, 2016.

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Eddie Vedder - Society
Blue Dot Sessions - Cast in Wicker, Celestial Navigation (Free Music Archive)

Mt Arthur Tramp - Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

A quick 2 day excursion to Nelson on a (fairly) good forecast to do the classic Mt Arthur and the Tablelands round in 2017. Loaded up with heavy packs to train for Denali, we flew in Friday evening heading up from Flora Car Park to camp on the slopes of Mt Arthur about 2hrs in. A beautiful evening and glorious sunrise made for a perfect camping spot. We headed up in great conditions where the wind dropped to give clear and still views from the 1795m Mt Arthur summit across the Tablelands and Kahurangi NP. Then we went a little off piste dropping down directly across some interesting limestone formations to pick up the track again over Gordon's Pyramid (1489m), finally dropping to our camp spot not far from Salisbury Hut alongside Sphinx Stream by which time the cloud had set in and occasional drizzle had started. Sunday slowly improved to sunshine around midday with a pleasant walk out along Flora Stream past several interesting rock shelters and the cute Gridiron Hut. Eventually passing Flora Hut we made it out mid afternoon for the journey back to Nelson and our flight home to Auckland. Good trip, great round. Highly recommended.

Heaphy Track, Great Walk 9 of 9 - Living a Kiwi Life - Ep. 40

The Heaphy Track Great Walk, the longest of New Zealand's Great Walks can be done by bike or on foot. Part of the Kahurangi National Park next to the Tasman Sea on the west coast this walk is very diverse with changing landscapes every day. We saw giant Powelliphanta land snails and lots of curious Wekas! This was our 9th Great Walk, completing out goal to finish all 9 of them. Thanks to Interislander for helping get across the Cook Straight in order to get to this track! Book your ferry crossing here:

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NZ Heaphy Track--Great Walk 7 of 8 紐西蘭希菲步道

The Heaphy Track, located in the Kahurangi National Park at the north-west corner of the South Island, New Zealand, is the longest of the New Zealand Great Walks. It takes 4 to 6 days to walk 82 km. It passes through diverse landscapes from beautiful beech forest to expansive tussock grasslands, to lush forests, nikau palms and roaring seas. The track with its highest point Perry Saddle is at 915m. At Gouland Downs, the 'boot pole will bring a smile to your face. This pole wears a variety of old boots, bestowed by hikers over many years. The Heaphy River and Heaphy Beach section of the journey is magical. You will walk at a leisurely pace along the river flats and long beaches with calm waves or roaring seas.

Roroa/Great Spotted Kiwi, Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

Friends of Flora installing an acoustic recorder for kiwi surveying. Also tracking and catching Iwa a female Roroa to remove a transmitter.

New Zealand Heaphy

Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
April 2014

Kahurangi National Park - Heaphy Trail

My walk along the Heaphy Trail from Karamea to Heaphy Hut (4 hours to walk there). Pity about the sandflys. Would reach a beautiful view but couldn't sit and look for long before an onslaught of sandflys were giving me a good bite.

Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

Kahurangi National Park is a national park in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand, ranging to near Golden Bay in north. It was gazetted in 1996 and covers 4,520 km². It is the second largest of New Zealand's fourteen national parks. It was formed from what was called the North-west Nelson Forest Park.

Kahurangi Point, regarded as the boundary between the West Coast and Tasman Regions, is located in the park, as are the Heaphy Track and Mount Owen.

The park is administered by the Department of Conservation. Tramping, rafting and caving are popular activities in the park. After being prohibited for several years, mountainbiking was allowed on the Heaphy Track on a trial basis for the winters of 2011, 2012 and 2013. The effect of the cyclists on trampers and the wildlife will determine whether the trial continues or not.