Approaching Luxmore Hut in winter conditions. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Kepler Track: Earning its place

September 2020

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September 2020

Since the Kepler Track opened in 1988, it has gone from raw rookie to seasoned veteran as it has found its place among Fiordland’s canon of Great Walks.

It was 1988. The Department of Conservation was just one year old, New Zealand was mired in the stock market crash and Fiordland had a brand new track. Not just a track, but a great one. With tops, forest, rivers, lakes, wetlands, views – the whole gamut. And three large, purpose-built huts. Fiordland’s other two […]
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