You will be transferred from either Invercargill (4:35pm), Te Anau (4:30pm, on request) or Queenstown (2:00pm) to Tuatapere (timetable subject to change). Your Humpridge Track experience begins with check-in at the Humpridge Track office (31 Orawia Road, Tuatapere). Then, check in at your trip accommodation at Last Light Lodge (2 Clifden Highway, Tuatapere) where you will meet your guides and fellow walkers at 6:30pm. There you will be given a comprehensive account of what to expect on your walk. Afterwards, your guides will join you for dinner. Your accommodation for the night includes a tasty home-cooked dinner plus a hearty breakfast next morning.

Meals:  D

After breakfast, the Humpridge shuttle will collect you from your accommodation for a short drive to the helipad. A scenic helicopter ride over Te Waewae Bay delivers you to Flat Creek from where you will start walking. (You will walk the section of track that you fly over on the way back.) Your pack will be flown to the lodge at Okaka. This pack is the one you will carry on Day 2 & Day 3. Please note the 10kg pack weight limit. Your day pack should contain only your wet and cold weather gear, your lunch, water and any essential medication. You may store your excess baggage at the Humpridge Track office. The gradual climb to the top of the Hump Ridge (approx 1000m) passes through beautiful native forest, the stunning diversity of which changes dramatically with elevation. Ascending straight up the ridge you will reach Stag Point, where the trees part and you are welcomed by views of the beautiful Te Waewae Bay once more - this time from a different perspective. From here it’s only an hour or so to the lodge, and on clear days you will be able to see Stewart Island and of course the Fiordland mountains and lakes nearby. When you arrive at Okaka, the lodge ‘on top of the world,’ all you have to do is unwind as you admire the views. You'll feel instantly at home with our lodge manager’s delicious cooking and hospitality.

Meals:  B,L,D

After breakfast you wander down the Hump Ridge, with 360 degree views of Te Waewae Bay, Stewart Island, the South Coast, Waitutu terraces and Fiordland mountain ranges. While you are walking over several mighty wooden viaducts on the way to Port Craig Village, consider the men who built them almost a century ago. Your guide will share many stories from the days when Port Craig was a bustling sawmill town in the 1920s. If you are interested in the history and relics that surround Port Craig, choose to take the interpretive trail or just meander down to the beach and spot some of the resident Hector’s dolphins that live in the bay. On arrival at the lodge, your friendly lodge manager will welcome you. After a brief orientation the time is yours to explore or simply relax and put your feet up, enjoying the coastal ambience.

Meals:  B,L,D

To complete the track, you will first walk beneath a canopy of native bush, then along several beautiful golden beaches. One such beach is named Blowholes due to the funnel of rocks through which waves surge as they come to shore. Walking along the section of track over which you flew on the first day, the coastline affords a spectacular finish to a fantastic trip. At the end of the walk you will be driven from the trailhead at Rarakau back to Tuatapere where you farewell your guide. Connect with your transfer to return to either Queenstown, Invercargill or Te Anau (on request). Arrival in Invercargill and Te Anau is around 4:30pm and Queenstown around 6:00pm.

Meals:  B,L