Getting there
How to get to and access the Richmond Ranges Te Araroa route

From the Nelson-Blenheim Road (SH6):

  • turn onto Maungatapu Road at Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve
  • continue on 13 km to the road end (the road becomes Mt Richmond Road)
  • this is the start of the Pelorus Track and the Richmond Ranges Te Araroa Route.

You can also enter the track at Hacket car park on the Aniseed Valley Road:

  • follow SH6 out of Nelson, heading south.
  • drive through Stoke and Richmond, then at Hope turn left onto Aniseed Valley Road
  • follow Aniseed Valley Road for 11.5 km (about 15 minutes)
  • turn off the road onto a gravel driveway, which leads a short distance to the Hacket Track car park. The turnoff from Aniseed Road has a DOC signpost for Hacket Track.

If you are travelling north on Te Araroa:

  • the track begins at Tophouse Road near the Lowther Road turnoff
  • it is 750m from Tophouse Road to SH63, and from there around 8km to St Arnaud.