Hollyford Track
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What I Do When I’m Not Walking The Hollyford Track Cameron grew up on a farm in Southland, and this was where he first developed his love for the outdoors. Guided Walks NZ GWNZ is the oldest guiding company in New Zealand, having been started by the Bryant family in 1868. It is being merged with the Hollyford Track Guided Walking company also based in Queenstown and owned by Ng i Tahu Tourism. South Island operations include Shotover Jet, Dart River Jet and Hollyford Track Guided Walks in Queenstown, and Franz Josef Glacier Guides and Glacier Hot Pools in Franz Josef.
Walking there The Hollyford Track on New Zealand's South Island is a three day guided wilderness walk, running from late October to mid April. At the end of an invigorating day exploring our beautiful valley, you'll arrive at your warm, cosy, dry lodge to a hearty welcome and fine cuisine prepared by your friendly and professional lodge hosts. Upon arrival at the lodges you’ll enjoy your preference of hot or cold drink. As part of our commitment to conservation in the Hollyford and preservation of the unique wildlife of this area.
Hollyford Track Created in the 1930’s by local legend Davey Gunn, this dramatic 3 day walking trip through the Hollyford Valley and Fiordland National Park is suitable for most ages and abilities. Full day or half day Guided walk providers offer full day hikes and half day hikes in and around South Island. Do you need a guide? If you’re new to an area or to hiking, or if you just want to get the most out of your walk, a local guide can make the whole experience much more enjoyable. For your next visit to New Zealand’s South Island, here are a few articles you might enjoy.
At over 1. 2 million hectares, Fiordland National Park is not only New Zealand’s largest national park, but one of the biggest in the world. The most famous of these, Milford Sound is visited by over 300,00 tourists annually. Both the fiords and the lakes are over 400m deep in places and the bottom of the lakes is well below sea level. The remaining two thirds of Fiordland National Park is a primeval world of mountain peaks covered by virgin beech and podocarp forest, alpine lakes and moss carpeted valleys, and it has remained wild and largely untouched.
More common forest birds are well represented and include Grey Warbler, Silver Eye, South Island Tomtit, South Island Rifleman, South Island Fantail, Brown Creeper, Bellbird, T and native wood pigeon Kerer . It's not only an easier walk but, if you take the glamping option with The Hollyford Track guided hikes, it is also more than just a walk in the woods, with jet boating and a helicopter ride thrown into the mix. Freedom walkers, who hike the track carrying their food, clothes and bedding on their back, take four days to cover the 56km the route track and then have to turn around at the remote coast and hike back again. Hikers with the Hollyford Track company cover a total of 37km on foot over three days, skipping 19km of difficult terrain of the aptly named Demon Trail with a jet boat ride along the Hollyford River and Lake McKerrow. Our last morning is spent exploring the dunes and 7km beach of Martins Bay, and hearing more tales of hardship in the lives of the area's pioneers, before another jet boat ride back to the lodge. From multi day camping and walking trips through the Fiordland National Park, along the dramatic Hollyford Track , to whole day hikes and glacier adventures , there are plenty of walking tours to choose from
The first people to arrive in the area were M ori exploring for food and resources.
In 1863 he met Ng i Tahu chief T toko at Martins Bay and named the chief’s daughters Sara and May. James Hector, the first provincial geologist of Otago, visited later the same year and named the hills either side of Martins Bay after the girls. Hector travelled up the Hollyford Valley and across the Southern Alps to Queenstown, and reported favourably on timber, indications of gold, iron, copper and zinc in the area. He also suggested a road through the area could be built, the idea still being a controversial issue to this day. Today all that remains of Jamestown is the site marked by ancient rose bushes and apple trees. In 1926 the McKenzie brothers sell their cattle run to Davey Gunn who continued the cattle trade and started guiding tourists through the Hollyford Valley until his death by drowning in the Hollyford River in 1955.
The product then was more about joining Davey on a cattle muster up the valley rather than a true guided walk and the walk aspect was developed more by one of Davey Gunn's assistants, Ed Cotter. In 1959 Hollyford Valley was incorporated into Fiordland National Park meaning previous attempts to farm the area were no longer permissible so Ed put even more focus into developing this rather raw walking product into a more focused guided walk. In the mid sixties he introduced boating into the walk itinerar
Walking there The Hollyford Track on New Zealand's South Island is a three day guided wilderness walk, running from late October to mid April. At the end of an invigorating day exploring our beautiful valley, you'll arrive at your warm, cosy, dry lodge to a hearty welcome and fine cuisine prepared by your friendly and professional lodge hosts. Upon arrival at the lodges you’ll enjoy your preference of hot or cold drink. As part of our commitment to conservation in the Hollyford and preservation of the unique wildlife of this area.
Hollyford Track Created in the 1930’s by local legend Davey Gunn, this dramatic 3 day walking trip through the Hollyford Valley and Fiordland National Park is suitable for most ages and abilities. Full day or half day Guided walk providers offer full day hikes and half day hikes in and around South Island. Do you need a guide? If you’re new to an area or to hiking, or if you just want to get the most out of your walk, a local guide can make the whole experience much more enjoyable. For your next visit to New Zealand’s South Island, here are a few articles you might enjoy.
At over 1. 2 million hectares, Fiordland National Park is not only New Zealand’s largest national park, but one of the biggest in the world. The most famous of these, Milford Sound is visited by over 300,00 tourists annually. Both the fiords and the lakes are over 400m deep in places and the bottom of the lakes is well below sea level. The remaining two thirds of Fiordland National Park is a primeval world of mountain peaks covered by virgin beech and podocarp forest, alpine lakes and moss carpeted valleys, and it has remained wild and largely untouched.
More common forest birds are well represented and include Grey Warbler, Silver Eye, South Island Tomtit, South Island Rifleman, South Island Fantail, Brown Creeper, Bellbird, T and native wood pigeon Kerer . It's not only an easier walk but, if you take the glamping option with The Hollyford Track guided hikes, it is also more than just a walk in the woods, with jet boating and a helicopter ride thrown into the mix. Freedom walkers, who hike the track carrying their food, clothes and bedding on their back, take four days to cover the 56km the route track and then have to turn around at the remote coast and hike back again. Hikers with the Hollyford Track company cover a total of 37km on foot over three days, skipping 19km of difficult terrain of the aptly named Demon Trail with a jet boat ride along the Hollyford River and Lake McKerrow. Our last morning is spent exploring the dunes and 7km beach of Martins Bay, and hearing more tales of hardship in the lives of the area's pioneers, before another jet boat ride back to the lodge. From multi day camping and walking trips through the Fiordland National Park, along the dramatic Hollyford Track , to whole day hikes and glacier adventures , there are plenty of walking tours to choose from
The first people to arrive in the area were M ori exploring for food and resources.
In 1863 he met Ng i Tahu chief T toko at Martins Bay and named the chief’s daughters Sara and May. James Hector, the first provincial geologist of Otago, visited later the same year and named the hills either side of Martins Bay after the girls. Hector travelled up the Hollyford Valley and across the Southern Alps to Queenstown, and reported favourably on timber, indications of gold, iron, copper and zinc in the area. He also suggested a road through the area could be built, the idea still being a controversial issue to this day. Today all that remains of Jamestown is the site marked by ancient rose bushes and apple trees. In 1926 the McKenzie brothers sell their cattle run to Davey Gunn who continued the cattle trade and started guiding tourists through the Hollyford Valley until his death by drowning in the Hollyford River in 1955.
The product then was more about joining Davey on a cattle muster up the valley rather than a true guided walk and the walk aspect was developed more by one of Davey Gunn's assistants, Ed Cotter. In 1959 Hollyford Valley was incorporated into Fiordland National Park meaning previous attempts to farm the area were no longer permissible so Ed put even more focus into developing this rather raw walking product into a more focused guided walk. In the mid sixties he introduced boating into the walk itinerar
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