An introduction Not your usual walk Personal service, Three Day in the park cosy accommodation to one of Starting in beech and fern forest, over Below: Our small, intimate group sizes with a 1. Lodge hosts preparing your three days we descend to coastal three course dinner maximum of just 16 on a trip – ensure ’s 2. Walking at your own pace podocarp forests and then finally certainly has its benefits a very personal level of service. At the out onto the impressive sand dunes end of each day you arrive to a warm Guided Wilderness greatest walks of at the mouth of this dry lodge, a hearty welcome from your once glacial valley. You’ll leave the lodge hosts and the enticing aroma of Experience Hollyford Track with new friendships, a delicious cuisine and fine wines. Lodges rejuvenated soul, a sense of achievement, include all bedding and linen supplied In the heart of spectacular lifetime memories and the delight of in twin-share rooms, shared bathroom Below: Pyke Lodge at night National Park, the having experienced a very special and facilities and plenty of hot water. at the end of day one dramatic Hollyford Track unique piece of New Zealand. is one of the greatest guided Bring those old legs to life walks in New Zealand. Following the course of the Hollyford River, In three days you’ll be the Hollyford Track is a low-altitude walk transported from the along the valley floor, very achievable for mountains to the sea, those with a reasonable level of fitness. A huge benefit is that you only need carry discovering the Hollyford your pack on the first day, after which we Valley by foot, jet boat and supply a small day pack which is more finally helicopter. than enough for your daily needs.

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Your expert and passionate guides will bring to life the diversity of the A journey of discovery from landscape as well as its flora and the Mountains to the Sea fauna as we explore the track from the mountains to the sea. Fascinating, The final highlight informative dialogue is interspersed with tales of early Māori and the Always a highlight, the trip concludes pioneering families who followed and with a helicopter flight along the wild struggled with Hollyford’s isolation. West Coast before taking in glorious from the air. Our luxury small coach then takes you back to and Queenstown. Guide discussing botanical information Above: Mt Madeline dominates the Pyke Valley rising above Lake Alabaster Sourced from Topo250 map 25 – Te Anau Crown Copyright Reserved

Day One – 19.5kms (12miles) Day Two – 15kms (9miles) Key Day Three – 8.5kms (5miles)

Departing Queenstown, you’ll travel From top to bottom: Start the day with a tasty cooked or After another hearty breakfast you’ll 1 The upper Hollyford river Long Reef alongside Lake Wakatipu before picking 2 Beech forest and ferns continental breakfast before visiting Seals: A permanent explore Martin’s Bay Spit, a famous New Zealand Fur Seal 3 The majestic Eglinton valley up those starting in Te Anau. Together Lake Alabaster and learning the history rookery is established at landmark separating the powerful Tasman you’ll travel through the beautiful 4 Hiking Little Homer Saddle and geology of the area. You’ll have the Long Reef. The big bulls leave Sea from the , and a coastal in December and the pups Eglinton Valley on your way to the start option of crossing one of Fiordland’s are born through January. landscape that’s a world away from the

of the Hollyford Valley. Visit Gunn’s Camp longest swing bridges before taking a short Martins Bay previous days. Your guide knows all about Kotuku Lodge Itinerary museum before walking alongside the walk to board our jet boat. Enjoy a scenic the native flora of this unique environment, swift clear waters of the Hollyford River ride down the Hollyford River and along McKenzie helping you discover the diversity of this Homestead Penguins: The rare Fiordland beneath the gaze of the mighty Southern Lake McKerrow. After calling in at the early Crested penguins are nesting truly remote area. Learn about lifestyle from October – December. Alps, including Mt Tūtoko (2746m) and pioneer settlement site of Jamestown, They return in March to moult of the early Māori and their pounamu Mt Madeline (2537m). As the track you’ll walk through ancient Podocarp but are reclusive at this time. trails that pass through the valley. You’re

undulates gently through native beech forest amongst native forest giants, some Demon Trail encouraged to explore the isolated beach forest and beside impressive tumbling up to 1000 years old. Thunderous surf and sand dunes in your own time, giving waterfalls you’ll re-trace the footsteps of on the West Coast is a prelude to a bay of Dolphins: A pod of Bottlenose you the chance to reflect on this intrepid Dolphins are regular visitors early Māori and pioneer explorers and boulders where the rare Fiordland Crested to the lower river and Lake journey. Returning to Martins Bay Lodge McKerrow and can sometimes enjoy interesting historical tales and penguin is a seasonal visitor. Further on be spotted as they play in the for lunch, say goodbye to your lodge hosts interpretation of forest and bird life. A Long Reef plays host to a rookery of native bow wave of the jet boats as before boarding your helicopter for a scenic we pass through the area. relaxed evening is spent at Pyke Lodge New Zealand fur seals. This evening you’ll flight along the rugged coast into the truly where you can visit our nearby be hosted at Martins Bay Lodge, close to spectacular and dramatic Milford Sound glow-worm colony. the mouth of the Hollyford River. -- marvel at the grandeur of vertical granite Jamestown: Named after the former Superintendent walls rising from the sea. In Milford you’ll of Otago James MacAndrew. be met by your coach driver and travel Laid out in 1870 and sold off unsighted to prospective the impressive Milford Road through tenants. Little now remains with the site having been the famous and journey Pyke totally reclaimed by back to Te Anau (for approx. 4.30pm) and Swingbridge native bush. Pyke Lodge Queenstown (for approx. 7pm)

Ngāi Tahu’s tourism roots extend back to when our ancestors were the guides for many of the Little Homer Saddle 168M first European explorers. Now tourism allows A journey of discovery from Ngāi Tahu to extend to visitors our manaakitanga the Mountains to the Sea (hospitality) and provide rich experiences within our natural environment, now and for generations to come. Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei – From top to bottom: Hidden Falls 1 Jet boating down Lake For us and our children after us. McKerrow to the sea 2 Sunset across the beach at Martins Bay 3 The long Pyke River swing bridge 4 Milford Sound from the air Freephone 0800 832 226 START www.hollyfordtrack.com Road End