Lauder Basin Hut, Lauder Basin Conservation Area

October 2024

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The track to Lauder Basin Hut passes impressive rock tors. Photo: Brian Dobbie
Walk or cycle through the heart of Central Otago’s high country to a cute two-bunk basic hut. By Brian Dobbie High above the Manuherikia Basin at the northern end of the Dunstan Mountains is an impressive upland area of rocky tors, open tussocklands, cushion fields and alpine tops. It’s the Lauder Basin Conservation Area, one […]

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