Copland Track

At the Department of Conservation in Haast we made a stop because there was also a free museum. An info board showed several huts and tracks in the area, one of them the Copland Track. It looked quite interesting with Hot Pools and a pretty flat profile.
Unfortunately the hut there was fully booked for the next days but we wanted to go anyways. So we decided to hike there, half way back to another hut with campsites for the night and back in the morning.

Overall it took us about 5 hours to get to the Hot pools which were surprisingly totally natural. Just some shallow holes in the ground but really warm to hot. The night was pretty uncomfortable in the tent being surrounded by heaps of mosquitos and sand flies. So I didn't sleep well, maybe its just because I didn't hike all day as I used to ;)Read more