Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Arthurs Pass > Cockayne Nature Walk
Cockayne Nature Walk
- Location
- Arthus Pass Village, SH73. The loop track starts from the car park at the end of the side road behind Kellys Creek Shelter.
- Description
- This track winds through the diverse podocarp-broadleaf forest of the West Coast. It climbs up over a small hill and comes back out near the shelter. A short connecting track leads back to the car park. The track is named after Dr Leonard Cockayne, a renowned botanist, who provided the original inspiration to create Arthur’s Pass National Park.
- Duration
- 0.3 hours
- Level
- Medium
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Camping
- Carpark
- Historical
- Huts
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
- Discussion
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