Kahurangi Guided Walks - Abel Tasman Coastal Walk, Heaphy Track, Nelson guided trekking, tramping, hiking and walking

Kahurangi Guided Walks provides a quality guided walk experience for those who really want to enjoy New Zealand's great outdoors.

Oparara Basin

The Oparara Basin daytrip extends your Heaphy experience.

The Oparara Basin is 25 km north of Karamea, (about 1 hour drive). It boasts impressive limestone formations and is surrounded by magnificent bush with great photographic opportunities. The Oparara Basin is a supurb sidetrip to add to your Heaphy Track experience.

Moira Gate Limestone Arch

Itinerary

Oparara Arch
The big limestone arch is a truly majestic sight, so big that it is hard to photograph and you don’t even see it until you are underneath, so thick is the bush! We walk through the arch and its huge tunnel. You may even see blue duck in the river.

Moira Gate
The small arch is very picturesque and takes an hour round trip, the track is through a beautiful rainforest and moss covered trees.

Mirror Tarn
We walk along an old logging track alongside the Oparara River until we get to this delightful small lake, so surrounded by bush that the wind hardly disturbs the surface.

Crazy Paving and Box Canyon Caves
These two caves are quite different in character, the Crazy Paving is small and the floor bed is so distinctive, hence the name. The Box Canyon Cave is more like walking through a railway tunnel and goes on for quite a length. (Spelelunga cave spiders and cave wetas can be seen).

Grade Medium

Price $200 per person

Price includes

• One night lodge style accommodation in Karamea at the Last Resort
• Breakfast and a packed lunch.
• Transport to and from Karamea
• Guiding and interpretation.