点评:I had little expectation of this walk, perhaps as it’s not Alpine, perhaps because of the long walk down the beach to finish. All I can say is it was fantastic, the change of bushline, including the large Podocarps the huge tussock plateau, Nikau forrest, the ancient Northern Rata and of course the West Coast beach, rivers and native birds were all amazing. A real bonus was seeing a Takahe in the wild. The huts were great, the weather good. The gradient of the walk itself is not challenging just the length of the walking days (time on feet) with the longest being 24.2km’s (that said an extra night would have broken the long day) All in all a very satisfying walk. An additional bonus was the flight back from Karamea to Nelson over the impressive Kahurangi National park.
翻译:我对这次徒步没什么期待,也许是因为这不是阿尔卑斯山,也许是因为要沿着海滩走很长一段路才能结束。我只能说这真是太棒了,灌木丛的变化,包括大罗汉松、巨大的草丛高原、尼考森林、古老的北拉塔,当然还有西海岸的海滩、河流和本土鸟类,都令人惊叹。真正的意外收获是看到了野生的南秧鸡。小屋很棒,天气也很好。徒步本身的坡度并不具有挑战性,只是步行时间长短不一,最长的步行距离为 24.2 公里(也就是说,多住一晚会打破漫长的一天)。总而言之,这是一次非常令人满意的徒步。额外的惊喜是从卡拉米亚飞回尼尔森,途经令人印象深刻的卡胡朗吉国家公园。