Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Tekapo, Mount Cook, Twizel > Ahuriri Conservation Park
Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Location
- Access to the park is via Birchwood Road which leaves SH 8 about 17 km west of Omarama township. Birchwood Road runs for 21 km up to the park boundary, after which it is 4WD only for a further 10 km to the road end.
- Description
The Ahuriri Conservation Park has over 49,000 hectares of rugged mountain country, valuable and vulnerable wetlands, tussock lands and beech / tawhai forest.
The park offers numerous short walks and easy valley tramps. More experienced parties can travel between valleys over high alpine passes.
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- Amenities
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- Birds
- Camping
- Fishing
- Historical
- Huts
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Tramping
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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