Te Kūiti - Ngaherenga Camp - Bog Inn Hut

Vores trailhost havde kørt os til starten af Timber Trail ved Ngaherenga Campsite. Timber Trail kan man enten vælge at cykle med mountainbike eller selvfølgelig gå den. Hvis man vælger at cykle, tager det to dage, og vælger man at gå, tager det fire dage. Jeg valgte at gå, eftersom jeg gerne vil have nogle lette km i benene efter at være startet igen for en uges tid siden, og denne sektion i skoven er på lette stier. På Timber Trail kan man opleve mange forskellige fugle, herunder papegøjer som jeg dog kun hørte.

Dagen efter gik det afsted, og jeg valgte at tage en smuttur over Pureora-bjerget, hvilket ikke bød på en så smuk udsigt som håbet, grundet skyer og regn. På vejen op mødte jeg to newzealændere, og vi fulgtes ad, indtil vi ankom til hytten. Vi fik taget den forkerte vej ned ad bjerget, så vi gik i lidt udfordrende terræn midt i regnen.

I Bog Inn-hytten var der plads til fire, men vi fik gjort plads til os fem, som havde valgt at gå turen i stedet for at cykle. Det var en meget hyggelig lille hytte! Men meget dybt inde i en skov!

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Our trail host had driven us to the start of the Timber Trail at the Ngaherenga Campsite. On the Timber Trail, you can choose either to bike it on a mountain bike or, of course, to walk it. If you choose to bike, it takes two days, and if you choose to walk, it takes four days. I chose to walk, as I wanted to get some easy kilometres into my legs after starting up again about a week ago, and this forest section is on easy trails. On the Timber Trail, you can experience many different birds, including parrots although I only heard them.

The next day, we set off, and I chose to take a small detour over Mount Pureora, which did not offer as beautiful a view as hoped due to clouds and rain. On the way up, I met two New Zealanders, and we walked together until we arrived at the hut. We had taken the wrong path down the mountain, so we ended up walking through some slightly challenging terrain.

At the Bog Inn Hut, there was space for four, but we made room for the five of us who had chosen to walk the trail instead of biking it. It was a very cosy little hut!Read more