The Adventurer

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The Adventurer includes four nights' accommodation with station owners and shearers quarters, dinner, bed, breakfast, packed lunch and five days trekking along the Hurunui River, Lakes and mountains.

See itinerary below:

A unique opportunity to meet the people who own the sheep and cattle stations along the way and experience the culture of the New Zealand high country.

Day 1

We leave our base at The Peaks and ride up and over the foothills and through the Kanuka saddle, dropping down into the valley through native bush with the sound of Bellbirds and Tui. We follow a trail along the Hurunui River until we reach our destination for the day, where we feed, water and clean down our horses and turn them out into the paddock for the night. You are then transported to your accommodation for the night.

Day 2

We follow the old trail which led out to the West coast, down to the Lake Sumner Road and follow the Hurunui gorge until we meet both the South and North branches of the Hurunui River where we cross the river and climb up the terrace and enter Lake Taylor Station.

Riding through Boulder Gully and Starvation Valley to the shearers quarters at Lake Taylor Station which is our accommodation for the next two nights. Our hosts Rosemary and Dave welcome us into their home for dinner. (approx. 6.5hrs riding)

Day 3

Rosemary makes us a cooked breakfast and sends us off each morning with a delicious packed lunch. We spend the day exploring the incredible beauty of some of New Zealand's most spectacular high country, with an abundance of lakes and mountain scenery that few get to experience. (approx. 5.5 hrs and 8 hrs riding)

Day 4

Sadly we have to leave these magical lakes and start making our way home, up, over and down the Orinoko Range, through Esk Valley and follow the Hurunui river back through to the lower end of Seven Hills Station, where you spend the night with the owner. (approx. 5.5 hrs riding)

Day 5

On our last day we ride along the banks of the tranquil Hurunui River, under the impressive Hooligan Range with Mt. Mizar, Ben Cliberick, Phyllis Fell and Mount Catherine on the opposite side of the river. We lunch below Mt. Self beside the Hurunui, after which we ride across country again, up and over the Kanuku Saddle (approx. 850m) with its panoramic views of the Amuri Basin, down to our base where we unsaddle, unpack, wash the horses down and then enjoy afternoon tea. (approx. 5.5 hrs riding)

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