Syme Hut is one of the best-placed huts in the country. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

A tramp of two halves

December 2023

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Taranaki Maunga’s Around the Mountain track is tough, rutted, muddy on one side and of Great Walk standard on the other. It’s brilliant.

It’s been a classic track for decades: Taranaki’s Around the Mountain Circuit is one of those trails that sooner or later is on the ‘to do’ list of most North Island trampers. For those who have done the Great Walks it is considered ‘second tier’: a walk with tracks and huts but requiring a little […]
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