Manuka Hut Track
WalkCanterburyOpen
- Grade
- Advanced
- Walking time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Distance
- 4.5 km
- Dogs
- Under control
Access: read before you go
2WD vehicles can park on the verge of the farm track (be considerate of other users and farm vehicles). 4WD vehicles can travel a further 1.4 km to a car park on the public conversation land near Lake Emily.
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.nzLake Emily is accessed from Hakatere Heron Road, about 31 km west of Mount Somers.
Leave Mount Somers on Ashburton Gorge Road, then turn right into Hakatere Heron Road (23 km). Turn right again just before crossing Jacobs Stream Bridge at Castleridge Station.
2WD vehicles can park on the verge of the farm track (be considerate of other users and farm vehicles). 4WD vehicles can travel a further 1.4 km to a car park on the public conversation land near Lake Emily.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.54496° S, 171.24952° E
About this place
Walk or mountain bike from Lake Emily to Manuka Hut.
The route
From Lake Emily, follow the tramping track to the junction with Stour Track. If walking, keep to the left to stay on the track that says Te Araroa. Follow it until you meet the Stour River – here the track reconnects with the mountain bike track. Continue up the river to Manuka Hut. For mountain bike or horse access to Manuka Hut, continue right at the junction, down the Stour Track for a further 2.5 km before turning left on to the Manuka Hut Mountain Bike Link Track. Follow this up the river for 2.5 km until it joins back with the walking track. Don't take mountain bikes or horses on the Te Araroa route from Lake Emily to Manuka Hut as it's steep and easily damaged.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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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).