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NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Tekapo, Mount Cook, Twizel > Ruataniwha Conservation Park
Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Location
Ruataniwha Conservation Park is in the Mackenzie Basin, South Canterbury/Otago. The closest township is Twizel.
There are several access points starting from Aoraki/Mt Cook Highway and Lake Ohau Road, to reach different areas of the park.
- Description
The Ruataniwha Conservation Park has over 36,800 hectares of rugged mountain country, tussock lands, beech/tawhai forest and sparkling clear rivers. The rolling Ben Ohau Range borders the eastern boundary of the park and it includes major valleys like the Dobson, Hopkins, Huxley, Temple and Maitland.
Most of the routes available are relatively easy to access and take the tramper into some wonderful high country.
There is a wide range of walks in the park, ranging from short easy walks of up to 1 hour long, suitable for families, to back-country tramping tracks and unformed routes for multi-day trips.
Please visit DOC website for full details on all walks available.
- Level
- Hard
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Camping
- Carpark
- Fishing
- Historical
- Huts
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Tramping
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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