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NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Banks Peninsula - Lyttleton Harbour > Ellangowan Scenic Reserve

Ellangowan Scenic Reserve

Location

From Akaroa, travel 7 km up Long Bay Road to the Summit Road junction known as the ‘Cabstand’.
Turn onto Hickory Bay Road and travel 1 km to the signposted car-park.

From here walk down the road for 5 minutes to pick up the start of the track.

Description

The start of the track is marked with a DOC green and gold post. The track climbs to the ridge and then along to a rocky outlook on a 12-metre bluff near the centre of the reserve. It then drops down to meet with Hickory Bay Road, with a short walk back to the beginning.

This reserve is the north-eastern limit of beech trees on Banks Peninsula. There is an excellent contrast between
wetter and drier faces, and many of the rocky bluffs are
home for a variety of interesting herbs.

Duration

0.4 hours

Level

Hard

Amenities

• Birds
• Carpark
• Historical
• Picnics
• Plant Life
• Toilets
• Tramping

Source

www.doc.govt.nz

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