Bus from Te Anau to Rainbow Reach and walk back
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 446 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 384 ft
- Max elevation
- 820 ft
- TrailRank
- 35
- Min elevation
- 551 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 2 hours 53 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 33 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2364
- Uploaded
- December 15, 2023
- Recorded
- December 2023
near Manapouri, Southland (New Zealand)
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Itinerary description
We caught a bus with Tracknet (near the Fiordland Visitor Centre) up to Rainbow Reach, then walked back.
It's pleasant easy walking on a soft track through different types of forest, with views down to the fast-flowing Waiau below. It's part of the long-distance Kepler Trail, so you will meet other hikers along the route.
Lots of bird song along the way; in addition to the ubiquitous blackbirds, thrushes and chaffinches we encountered fantails, tui, robin, grey warblers and kingfisher.
The track from the control gates back to Te Anau is unfortunately over hard gravel, but does lead through the Bird Sanctuary which you can wander through freely and enjoy seeing the rescue birds of rare NZ species.
It's pleasant easy walking on a soft track through different types of forest, with views down to the fast-flowing Waiau below. It's part of the long-distance Kepler Trail, so you will meet other hikers along the route.
Lots of bird song along the way; in addition to the ubiquitous blackbirds, thrushes and chaffinches we encountered fantails, tui, robin, grey warblers and kingfisher.
The track from the control gates back to Te Anau is unfortunately over hard gravel, but does lead through the Bird Sanctuary which you can wander through freely and enjoy seeing the rescue birds of rare NZ species.
Waypoints
Information point
607 ft
Bridge
Tree
River
Photo
Lake
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