28km Day : 742 Total
27 January 2015
Today’s walk can be broken down into three phases:
Completion of the Red Hills trail.
This part followed the valley to the to Red Hills hut at the southern end of the Red Hills.
The walk down to the highway.
This was mainly along a gravel one-lane road (a.k.a. 4wd track) that started at Red Hills Hut. The final mile of this phase was a trail through a beech forest.
The third phase was a hot sunny 10km road walk to St Arnaud.
Along the road I saw my first Kiwi pig after 40 days of hiking. I was beginning to doubt whether there were any pigs in New Zealand.
I am staying in St Arnaud tonight and will travel to Nelson tomorrow with the plan the take a side trip to Abel Tasman National Park. Will return to Te Araroa after a short hike in Abel Tasman.
Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud
About the Hike 