Day Trip Pricing
$195 per person.
Includes lunch and transportation to and from Motueka.
Includes lunch and transportation to and from Motueka.
A beautiful day,
great people and a wonderful educational experience. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge. We leave having had exercise and more aware than ever of how man’s interventions can have major implications. May we, world-wide, become more respectful of our interconnectedness.
David Smith – USA
great people and a wonderful educational experience. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge. We leave having had exercise and more aware than ever of how man’s interventions can have major implications. May we, world-wide, become more respectful of our interconnectedness.
David Smith – USA
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Day Trips
Mt Arthur day trip
The Flora car park and lookout, at 945m, is one of the most popular access points to the park. From here a well graded track leads through the beech forest to the bush edge and the Mt Arthur hut.
A poled route continues up the main ridge to the summit (1,795m). In the forest you will see groves of Mountain Neinei (Dracophyllum traversii), Tree Daisy (Oleria lacunosa), and some Mountain Cedar. Above the hut is a karst (limestone) landscape. For the less adventurous who don’t wish to summit, we will take a closer look at the alpine flora, laze in the sun whilst eating your prepared picnic lunch taking in the magnificent vistas, and walk down another track to the Flora Hut. Completing a circuit back to the car park.
The ‘Friends of Flora’ conservation project can be seen en route. Read about this on our conservation page and current newsletter.
Fitness: Easy to average fitness level
Also see our two-day Flora Valley-Mt Arthur trip.
Cobb Valley day trip
The Cobb Valley is 1½ hours drive from Motueka. After a climb up through the beautifully bush clad Takaka Valley we arrive at the Cobb Ridge. From here we look down in to the glacially carved Cobb Valley.
Now the choice can be yours. Your day can be spent meandering up the valley to enjoy the flora and fauna and to sit by the river to enjoy a picnic lunch in idyllic surroundings. Or you may like to take the other option of a 2 hour walk up either side of the valley to come out on the ‘tops’ above the tree line to take in the magnificent 360 degree views of Kahurangi National Park. Lunch will be had beside a pristine alpine lake. Or you may like to visit the historic cottage where Annie and Henry Chaffey lived in isolation for 40 years.
Bird sightings on either of these trips may include Kea, Kaka, Bellbird, Tomtit and Robin, among others.
Fitness: Easy to average fitness level
Asbestos Cottage day trip
This walk is a particular favorite for anyone interested on the history of the famous "Asbestos Cottage" and the two legendary characters, Annie and Henry Chaffey, who lived here near a former asbestos mine in isolation for almost 40 years. This was an amazing story of love and endurance.
The walk begins on the road to the Cobb Valley, and follows a graded former road through dense beech forest to old mine diggings, then continues over a rougher walking track, passing through interesting geological features and open manuka and lancewood groves. Fine views can be had of the Takaka River valley far below.
Fitness: Easy to average fitness level
Listen to a Radio New Zealand Spectrum documentary on the Chaffeys and Asbestos Cottage, with Bush & Beyond guides Maryann and Bill.
Other trips
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Multi-day Backpacking Trips |