Suggestions for serious hiking in New Zealand ?

If you've got suggestions for some serious hiking in New Zealand, please
share your knowledge and ideas !

I'm looking for some 20-30 days around November.

Thanks,

Eric (Paris - France)

"Eric MOREAU" wrote in message
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If you've got suggestions for some serious hiking in New Zealand, please
share your knowledge and ideas !

I'm looking for some 20-30 days around November.

Thanks,

Eric (Paris - France)

By serious hiking I presume you mean what we call tramping in New Zealand..
There are many tramps, mainly in Sth. Island with huts/bunks for overnight.
Charges are $15 to say $25 per nigh depending on hut standard. Most are
three to five days, and the terrain can be rugged. If that sound like the
sort of thing you are after check out the Milford track, Kepler track,
Routeburn, Stewart Island, Holly ford, Heaphy track, St James walkway, The
Humpridge. They're all good to do, and you'll find info. on most with a
quick check on google. Backpack required, plus normal gear, and I would
suggest a small gas cooker. Some have controlled numbers and you would need
to book in advance. Good preparation is necessary, as even the 3 day tramps
can be rugged. Some, Milford, Hollyford Routeburn etc offer guided options,
but not at all necessary for most people, and relatively expensive.A good
book which I'm sure you could order online from most N.Z. bookshops is 101
great tramps in New Zealand, aothors Mark Pickering and Rodney Smith
published by Reed and I'm sure any N.Z. bookshop you find online (hitcoulls,
Paper plus, Real Groovy, University bookshop-Dunedin) would send you a copy.
Not epensive, but very useful. Nearly all such walks are controlled by The
Department of Conservation, (DOC) and you'll find info on their site. Post
any questions here if we're on the right track.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:17:14 +0200, in message
, Eric MOREAU wrote:

If you've got suggestions for some serious hiking in New Zealand, please
share your knowledge and ideas !

I'm looking for some 20-30 days around November.

Thanks,

Eric (Paris - France)


How serious is your serious?


For the popular tracks, get yourself a copy of Lonely Planet's
"Tramping in New Zealand".
http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/product...productID=2117


If you want to avoid the usual popular tracks and find trails
that may be a little more difficult and self-reliant, get yourself
a copy of "101 Great Tramps in New Zealand".
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/produ...ring0790006375

Some alpine tracks could have avalanche conditions in November.


Here's a couple of suggestions

1. Egmont round-the-mountain trail 3-4 days.

2. Ruapehu around-the-mountain 4-5 days


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Cheers,
Ralph

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Ralph Fox a écrit :
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:17:14 +0200, in message
, Eric MOREAU wrote:


If you've got suggestions for some serious hiking in New Zealand, please
share your knowledge and ideas !

I'm looking for some 20-30 days around November.

Thanks,

Eric (Paris - France)



How serious is your serious?


For the popular tracks, get yourself a copy of Lonely Planet's
"Tramping in New Zealand".
http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/product...productID=2117


If you want to avoid the usual popular tracks and find trails
that may be a little more difficult and self-reliant, get yourself
a copy of "101 Great Tramps in New Zealand".
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/produ...ring0790006375

Some alpine tracks could have avalanche conditions in November.


Here's a couple of suggestions

1. Egmont round-the-mountain trail 3-4 days.

2. Ruapehu around-the-mountain 4-5 days


Well I meant something like 10-20 days hike, self sustained.
I might want to avoid alpine tracks as I'll be walking alone...

"Eric MOREAU" wrote in message
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Ralph Fox a écrit :
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:17:14 +0200, in message
, Eric MOREAU wrote:


If you've got suggestions for some serious hiking in New Zealand, please
share your knowledge and ideas !

I'm looking for some 20-30 days around November.

Thanks,

Eric (Paris - France)



How serious is your serious? For the popular tracks, get yourself a copy
of Lonely Planet's
"Tramping in New Zealand".
http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/product...productID=2117


If you want to avoid the usual popular tracks and find trails
that may be a little more difficult and self-reliant, get yourself a copy
of "101 Great Tramps in New Zealand".
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/produ...ring0790006375

Some alpine tracks could have avalanche conditions in November.


Here's a couple of suggestions

1. Egmont round-the-mountain trail 3-4 days.

2. Ruapehu around-the-mountain 4-5 days


Well I meant something like 10-20 days hike, self sustained.
I might want to avoid alpine tracks as I'll be walking alone...


If you want a 10 to 15 day tramp, Stewart Island circuit is a good choice.
Not alpine - Look at St. Island tramps known as Nth. West circuit and the
southern loop combined.
If based in Te Anau in Sth. Island you could do Milford, Hollyford,
Routeburn and Kepler in succession. Or from Routeburn the Caples and
Greenstone tracks and the Reese and Dart tracks would keep you on foot for a
while. More hiking than tramping is the Central Otago Rail Trail - maybe 250
kilometres odd with all varieties of accomodation available. If you simply
want to go hiking there's heaps of roads (non motorway). Just grab a N.Z
road map and look at secondary roads.