Pouri Hut

Pouri Hut – Whanganui National Park

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Date: 16-18 June 2023.
Trip type: Tramp(M).
Location: Whanganui National Park.
Author: Jacqui.
Trampers: Tash (leader), Jacqui, Maj-Britt, Ella Rose, Megan, Monique, Sam.

We left Wellington Train Station at 4pm on Friday and drove to our accommodation for the night at Te Wera Valley Lodge (www.tewera-lodge.co.nz) located on a remote road called the Forgotten World Highway – about 37km from Stratford. It was a very cold winter night and we arrived at 9.15pm. We were the only guests … Read more

Matemateaonga Track to Pouri Hut

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Date: 12-14 July 2013.
Trip type: Easy-Medium Tramp.
Location: Whanganui National Park.
Author: Richard House.
Trampers: Illona Keenan (Leader), Megan Sety, Debbie Buck, Murray Sutherland, Richard House.

The one line summary: long drive for an overnighter in an old nurses’ home with a damp tramp to a hilltop hut sauna for fine dining, escaping the worst of the weekend weather. While Wellington was being lashed by weekend gales and rain, a group of trampers escaped the worst of the weather in the … Read more