The Great Walks are a celebration of diversity, including moss-laden forests. Photo: Matthew Cattin

Nine takeaways from tramping back-to-back Great Walks

September 2022

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It may be hard on the knees, but there are plenty of benefits to going on a tramping binge and tackling the Great Walks back-to-back.

Last Easter I enjoyed my first school holidays as a first-year teacher. There were 17 days to play with and I went overboard. I booked the Rees–Dart, Routeburn and Kepler tracks back-to-back with no rest days in between. This meant 11 consecutive days of tramping among some of Aotearoa’s most incredible scenery. It turned out […]
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