Summary
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Tramping the Caples and Greenstone Valleys, by crossing the sub-alpine McKellar Saddle, is an excellent four- to five-day round trip in superb surroundings.
The Greenstone Valley is wide and open with tussock flats and beech forest. The Caples is narrower and more heavily forested, interspersed with grassy clearings.
Both tracks can link with the Routeburn Track and can be walked either way, starting or finishing at either The Divide or the Greenstone Shelter.
The brochure includes
- How to access the tracks
- Track guides
- Map of the area
- Huts and camping
- Hunting and fishing
- Information about plants and animals you might see
- Operation Ark
- History of the area
- Ngāi Tahu Land Settlement - Kā Whenua Roimata
- Safety