Kettlehole Track

Kettlehole Track

Lake Pukaki Terminal Moraine Conservation Area

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Kettlehole Track

Time: 1 hr return loop / Distance: 4 km

This walk starts just east of the Pukaki River spillway. It is signposted off the southern side of SH 8 where there is a designated car park area. From the car park the walk follows a 4WD track into the Pukaki Terminal Moraine Conservation Area. Turn off the 4WD track onto a grassy track which leads to a distinct kettlehole. The track circles the rim of the kettlehole and then returns the same way.

The views along this track are spectacular, as it passes through moraine hummocks covered in scattered short tussock and mixed shrublands typical of the less-modified moraine landforms in the Mackenzie Basin.

Getting there

The Mackenzie Basin is situated in the centre of New Zealand's South Island. It features mountains, lakes, rivers, beech forest remnants and rolling tussock country.

All of the walking tracks described here are easy to access from main roads and offer fantastic views of the Mackenzie high country, with the exception of Marker Bay which ends in a nestled cove beside Lake Pukaki.

Some of these walks include easements through private farmland. Please respect the landowners’ rights by keeping to the marked easements. These are well-signposted and marked by orange poles. Please ensure all public access gates for walkers are closed behind you.

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

DOC Canterbury

Central government organisation

Location

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzieTwizel

Categories

  • Activity__walking_and_trekkingWalking
  • Free

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-44.1863743813152

170.152094268799

Latitude
-44.1863743813152
Longitude
170.152094268799

Nearby

Reviews

  • 4.5/5

    Ein sehr schöner Campingplatz direkt am See.

    Der Campingplatz erstreckt sich über mehrere Ebenen von denen aus einen wunderbaren Überblick über den See und in weiter Ferne über die Alpen und den Mt. Cook haben kann.

    Vor Ort gibt es vier Drop-Toiletts. Diese werden täglich gereinigt.

    Reviewed 10 months ago

  • 5.0/5

    You can get amazing views of the Mt Cook from Lake Pukaki.

    One of the greatest landscapes I have ever seen.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    GERMANY
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    Max