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Tapuae – o – Uenuku – Inland Kaikōura Range

Date: 26 - 29 September 2024.
Trip type: Alp(1).
Location: Inland Kaikōura Range.
Author: Emily (and Sam).
Trampers: Emily (Leader), Erik (Co-leader), Josh, Andy, Sam.

For a lengthier and much more creatively written report of this trip take a read of Sam’s account here: https://medium.com/engage/tapping-out-of-tappy-de5027b8a21b. We caught the ferry on Thursday afternoon after squishing five people’s alpine packs into the car, and then stayed the night at a Picton backpackers – which made for a very leisurely start to the … Read more

Tapuae-o-Uenuku. Well almost.

Date: 10 - 12 September 2016.
Trip type: M Alp 1.
Location: Inland Kaikouras.
Author: Simon Barr.
Trampers: Megan, Tereza, Diarmuid, Andrei, Simon, Tony, Brendan, Shay, Dan.

I had been looking forward to this trip for ages. The plan was to catch the Friday evening ferry—but which then got delayed due to a bit of a storm passing through. We were rebooked on to the Saturday morning ferry and despite getting up early we then spent an additional two hours waiting for … Read more