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Akaroa Harbour from the Banks Peninsula Track

 

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BANKS PENINSULA TRACK

I was lucky enough to travel to the South Island to walk the Banks Peninsula Track at the end of March 2010. This is a 36km private walk, beginning and ending in Akaroa. This is luxury tramping, with accommodation provided along the way by the farm owners, including hot showers and the option to purchase food and drink. One property offered star-gazing huts as alternative accommodation! There is also a pack transport option on the two longer days of the walk.

 

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The coastline on the Banks Peninsula track

The track offers some spectacular views of the Akaroa Harbour, and of the Banks Peninsula Coast, a kayaking option at one of the bays, penguin viewing in season, and some lovely native bush reserves. The bird life was amazing – kereru (wood pigeon) everywhere, and a grove full of bellbirds which were almost deafening – a delight to an Aucklander! We had fantastic weather, and thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip, the sometimes quirky accommodation, and the company we met on the way.

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Flea Bay accommodation, Banks Peninsula Track

 

 

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