Bowen Bush Walk
WalkCanterburyOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 10 min
- Distance
- 250 m
- Dogs
- No dogs
Access: read before you go
Flying a drone without a permit is strictly prohibited. Drone use on conservation land
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzAoraki/Mount Cook village is located within the national park. Twizel is the nearest town.
From Twizel travel north on SH 8 for approximately 9 km. Turn left onto SH 80 (Mt Cook Road). Follow SH 80 for 55 km until you reach Aoraki/Mt Cook village.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.73575° S, 170.09653° E
About this place
An easy forest walk that can be joined with Governors Bush Walk to form a nature trail.
The route
This walk starts opposite the petrol pumps. It's an easy forest walk that can be joined with Govenors Bush Walk to form a nature trail. This track wanders through tōtara and celery pine/mountain toatoa forest, and has an alternative exit/entry towards the Mount Cook Backpackers.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Know before you go
No drones
Flying a drone without a permit is strictly prohibited. Drone use on conservation land
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
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Mueller Hut
Serviced Alpine • 28 bunks • Canterbury • 3 km
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Cooking • Mattresses • Lighting
Hooker Hut
Serviced • 8 bunks • Canterbury • 4.1 km
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Cooking • Heating • Mattresses
Sefton Bivouac
Basic/bivvies • 3 bunks • Canterbury • 5.6 km
Sefton Bivouac is a basic high alpine hut located in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. The route to the bivouac is unmarked, steep, and exposed.
Toilets - non-flush • Water from tap - not treated, boil before use • Water supply
Bivouac site
Canterbury • 6.3 km
Walks nearby
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Sources
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- DOC Tracks (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).