Okarito Lagoon

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      Tony Gazley
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      Okarito Lagoon

      Each morning watch the sun rise above the lagoon.

      Sunrise over Okarito Lagoon

      Think about all those who have passed this way before you.

      Information sign at Okarito Lagoon

      Stand on the beach with your back to the Tasman Sea and look up at the highest peaks in New Zealand, with Aoraki/ Mt Cook and Mt Tasman towering above the others.

      Aoraki Mt Cook and Mt Tasman from Okarito

      Walk along the bush track to Three Mile Lagoon when there was once a gold mining town with 20 hotels, but with little to show for it now. Then walk back along the coast passing a lovely family outing.

      On the bush track to Three Mile Lagoon
      On the coast from Three Mile Lagoon
      Mother duck and chicks

      Paddle your packraft out into the lagoon and watch the white herons (kōtuku) fishing in the shallows.

      Packrafting at Okarito Lagoon
      Packrafting Okarito Lagoon
      White Heron at Okarito Lagoon

      Paddle up the Ōkārito River with kowhai trees flowering on the banks and kahikatea forest behind.

      Packrafting Okarito River

      Climb towards Craig Peak and look down onto the lower Fox Glacier.

      Fox Glacier from near Craig Peak

      End the days sitting on the beach watching the sun set over the ocean.

      Sunset at Okarito

      Not a bad way to pass the time.


      You can see photos of other cool places to visit in the 2022 TrampingNZ Calendar. Hop down to Bivouac to get yourself a copy for $20 cash.

      Tramping NZ Calendar cover photograph
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