THE KEPLER TRACK | Hiking One of New Zealand's Greatest Alpine Walks
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2020
- Hanging with parrots, swimming in a massive lake, alpine huts- hiking the Kepler Track in New Zealand was nothing short of an epic experience.
The Kepler Track is one of New Zealand's Great Walks- a 60km tramping experience through beech forest and atop jagged mountainsides that can be completed in 2-4 days (or 1 if you're a crazy trail-runner). I opted to spend 4 days on the Kepler Track to be able to take it at a nice pace and have time to explore each hut's stunning scenery.
After hiking the Milford Track, I had fairly low expectations for the Kepler Track- what could possibly come close to something as incredible as Milford?
The Kepler Track took me by surprise with its first two days taking me to alpine views that I had never imagined in my wildest dreams. The Luxmore and Moturau huts were the most amazing huts I've stayed in during my time in New Zealand. And getting to spend an entire afternoon hanging out by and swimming in an absolutely lovely lake by the hut on the third day made for the perfect end to a New Zealand Great Walk.
If you ever find yourself in New Zealand, do not miss out on all the breathtaking scenery you can only truly find when you immerse yourself on New Zealand's multi-day hikes.
The Kepler Track is truly one of the best hikes in New Zealand's South Island and I highly recommend making the trip!
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Thanks for the images and the editing. Great job. I did this trail in 2004 when I was in my early twenties and was going through a lot of stuff back home before I just put on a backpack and went to NZ. I can still remember the moment where - like you - I just sat at the top of the summit on the second day for nearly an hour. Your video helped me fill the memory gaps. I remember the fairy tale woods and the waterfalls more now. Funny how a few days can really mean more than months of years of your life, and they pass by so quickly.
This makes me so nostalgic
Beautiful scenery
Enjoyed watching the experience.😀
Thanks for sharing your experience in this track.
Remember doing the Kepler track 17 years ago and it looks no less beautiful. Thank you for sharing 😊
Love love love
Really enjoyed the video.
Great video, god I miss NZ
What an amazing and good video of this great walk. Hiked the track 10 years ago. Thanks for the beautiful shots!
LOVE this-so peaceful!
did this track at 15 in 2023 and it was incredadble best part was definalty the swims at the first and second hut, we just swam in the river at the seconf hut tho couse the walk was only five minutes as apose to 40 to the water fall. and the veiws on the second day were unreal, wind was scary tho lol
I forget how the Kepler track is amazing. Great video, Great smile !
Thanks for sharing, great video! Hope you'll be able to share with us more trekking videos soon
Bring back my memories in NZ, my first day in the track was terrible, climbing up under heavy rain was quite difficult, but it's so rewarding when I pass through the clouds. Love your video, cheers.
keep it up girl! you're awesome
Amazing video. Love how you capture the views. I now have Kepler in my bucket list thanks to you.
Wow, beautiful all around!!!! Can’t wait to hopefully do this walk!
Stunning beauty in your videos. Hope to do this track asap.
Stunning thank you!
Looks like an amazing track!
That first day...man, my quads!
Fantastic video! You came up in my recommendations, and I like your vlog style very much. New subscriber 👍🏿😊❤️
I am a Kiwi, and I am planning on doing the Kepler at some point, so this is a nice glimpse of it.
Well edited, and you have captured our landscape beautifully. ❤️
P.S. I'm a solo hiker as well, and I'm planning on doing Te Araroa here in New Zealand as a through hike in the summer season of 22-23 when I turn 65 and get the pension! 😊
Thanks for the sweet comment ☺️ 💕 How exciting!! Te Araroa is the one that stretches across the whole country? That’s amazing, sounds like it’ll be an incredible experience! 😱 Maybe I’ll get to doing that one day! Hope you have an amazing time on your hikes!!☺️
I enjoyed watching your clips
This is incredible Paige! Thanks for sharing! It's awesome to see you creating as many memories as possible!!
Thanks Brittany!!☺️💕💕
awesome video! i did the first section to the summit last year and it was absolutely stunning. the whole of fiordland is incredible.
Thank you! It really is!!
What a beautiful video and the music fits so well I'm from Germany and I want to go on this track one day
Looks like you had amazing weather for this trip, so lucky! We are hiking the Kepler this January and are sooooo looking forward to it! Loved the video.
Ahh so exciting! ☺️ Thank you and hope you guys have a blast!!
Nice video.
I did Kepler Track a couple days ago in cloudy day, so I was not able to see any mountains around Luxmore Hut.
Everything was in the fog, but still was good!
I am not even sure what to say. You are both humble and a pleasure to watch (not in a gross way lol). Thanks for inspiring me. Some of the shots you got were awesome. Defs adding this to my trekking trips. Well done for completing it in such high spirits haha.
Thanks so much! ☺️
I love these videos! I hope you've been managing okay in the lockdown. Keep safe ❤️
Thanks Misty! 💕 Managed to get a flight home just before the lockdown 🙂 It sounds like New Zealand is faring okay, hope you and everyone there are safe and well! Can't wait to come back!
😀 nice job .
Another amazing video. I’ve only day hiked to Mount Luxmore and back. But I am off to do the Kepler this coming Sunday, Oct 3rd. May still be a bit of snow up the top. Will see how we go, if things look too sketchy we will turn back.
Wow you’ve got a whole season of Great Walks coming up! Have you gotten to do any other Great Walks in NZ? Do you have a favorite? Hoping to come back and do some more one day 🙂
@@DareToElsewhere the Milford is my favourite great walk. My next favourite track is the Rees Dart track. It doesn’t have “great walk” status but it’s every bit as impressive as other walks nearby with epic views of the Dart Glacier. In fact you can walk right up to the Dart Glacier if you do the walk to Cascade Saddle from Dart Hut.
@@danmunro01 Looks beautiful I'll keep that one in mind!
@@DareToElsewhere definitely do. I hiked the PCT in 2019 and was amazed at some of the hiking in California. If you’ve not been into the High Sierra before I’d say that’s a must do! Some epic hiking in there.
I enjoyed the video, thanks! I'm about to do the Kepler and I was wondering what size Osprey backpack did you have? Looks like 65L?
Yup! Mine is 65L, specifically the Osprey Aura AG 65, and I love it. Hope you have a great track!☺️
Doing the track this summer how do you book the shuttles?
I booked my shuttles through Tracknet, and I parked my car at Safer Parking in Te Anau (they picked me up straight from there).
Did you do this alone?
Yes I did- the great walks in NZ have a great atmosphere for solo trekkers!
Hi, what month did you do the track?
In February!
Actually I am also planning to do that but I never did any hiking or tramping and I am like beginner will it be fine doing that because it is written that it is intermediate but i am not sure what it is meant by intermediate in New Zealand. I don't know this is the right platform to ask this question but I couldn't find anyone giving response on kepler track so I thought I will ask you.
Thanks for your time and waiting for your response. 🙂🙂
Personally, I think it just depends on your fitness level (and power of will)! 🙂 I think being a beginner at tramping is fine so long as you know you can handle 4 days of walking, with the first two days being fairly strenuous, and as long as you do your research to make sure you’re well packed and prepared (with hiking boots well broken in). I would say intermediate in New Zealand is closer to “slightly difficult” anywhere else. That being said, I didn’t exercise very much at all in the months leading up to my trek, plus I’d never done an overnight trek before, and it was a challenge for sure, but I was fine. But I also knew I could handle the hikes on day one and day two from past experience!
My advice- maybe try going on a hike, around 6 hours, 15km long, with an elevation gain of around 900 meters (this is what day one of the Kepler Track looks like). If you can do it and feel okay afterwords, like you could do it again tomorrow, you’ll be fine! Best of luck on your trek Ranjan, have a blast! ☺️🤙
@@DareToElsewhere excellent advice - from a seasoned Kiwi. 👌🏿😊
Ranjan watch the video I have linked here for you - it's from the NZ Mountain Safety Council, and is an excellent guide for making this hike.