🌄5 Days/4 Nights The ULTIMATE HIKE FIORDLAND 👣

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🌄⛴️THE ULTIMATE HIKING PACKAGE👣🚁

This 5 day adventure offers great diversity, with a guided day-hike on each of the Kepler, Milford and Routeburn Tracks.
Each day you will be accompanied by a friendly local guide who will bring Fiordland’s stunning landscapes to life, while providing a safe, enjoyable walk.
This really is the ultimate hiking package.

DAY 1 – ARRIVE QUEENSTOWN (includes dinner)
Your adventure starts at Queenstown airport from where you will be transferred to Te Anau for exhilarating Jet Boat ride on the Waiau River to Lake Manapouri and then ‘stretch’ your legs on a short stroll in Fiordland National Park.
This is an escape, a journey as well as a joyride, to be enjoyed by young and old alike – both the nature lovers and thrill seekers among us.
Welcome dinner this evening is included.

DAY 2 - MILFORD TRACK ½ DAY GUIDED WALK & BOAT CRUISE (includes breakfast and lunch)
A guided 1/2 day walk to Giant Gate Waterfall on the world famous Milford Track, followed by a Milford Sound cruise. Start the day bright and early with a 2-hour scenic drive to Milford Sound. From here, we take a short water taxi to Sandfly Point on the Milford Track. The walk meanders alongside the cascading Arthur River through lush rainforest to Giant Gate Waterfall. This spectacular sight is best viewed from the swing bridge spanning the river. The track is well formed and relatively flat, but can be rough underfoot in places.
After your walk enjoy Milford Sound's awe-inspiring scenery by boat. Cruise the full length of the fiord and experience the grandeur of Mitre Peak, mountains and wildlife, as you sit back and relax. Following the cruise we journey back to Te Anau by road.
HIKE DETAILS:
Walking time: Approximately 4 hours
Distance: 11 km
Elevation: 50m

DAY 3 - KEPLER TRACK GUIDED HELI-HIKE (includes breakfast and lunch)
A guided Kepler Track walk with helicopter access to Luxmore Hut.
Begin your awe-inspiring experience with a spectacular flight to Luxmore Hut from Te Anau. Explore the expansive alpine tussock field and enjoy mountain views. After lunch hike down the mountain on a well-formed track, descending through native beech forest and passing under towering limestone bluffs to reach the sandy lake shore for a short water taxi ride back to Te Anau.
HIKE DETAILS:
Walking time: Approximately 5 to 6 hours
Distance: 8 - 16 km
Elevation: 800 to 1200m
Note – Optional additional walking uphill above the hut to the alpine area. Maximum additional walking 8km return 400m ascent/descent.

DAY 4 - ROUTEBURN TRACK GUIDED DAY WALK (includes breakfast and lunch)
A guided day walk on the renowned Routeburn Track including Key Summit. Retrace part of the Milford Road enjoying scenic stops before reaching the main divide. Ascend through lush, temperate rainforest to emerge into the stunning alpine environment of Key Summit, with panoramic views of high snowy peaks, alpine lakes and glacial carved valleys. Enjoy lunch on the summit amidst the alpine herb field or in a nearby shelter alongside Lake Howden.
This walk offers an incredible day out in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps with awe-inspiring views.
HIKE DETAILS:
Walking time: Approximately 5 hours
Distance: 7 km
Elevation: 400m

DAY 5 - TE ANU TO QUEENSTOWN (includes breakfast)
After breakfast this morning, return to Queenstown via a private transfer, where our trip ends.

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