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Sightseeing
Depart from Tuatapere
Southern Scenic Route
Hump-Ridge Track
Heli-jet
Hump-Ridge Track
South West Helicopters operates Helipark - exclusive heli-transport to the Hump Ridge Track. This is New Zealand's newest and most exciting
walking track on the South Island's rugged south west coast.
Hump Ridge track has great historical and environmental significance
Its existence is testament to the pioneering spirit that lives in the local
Tuatapere and Southland communities.
Features of this region include:
- Percy Burn Viaduct - The largest wooden structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Hump Ridge - Mountain Ridge rising 1066m at its highest point.
- Lake Poteriteri - Long narrow lake - Mean's "drifting backwards & forwards".
- Lake Hauroko - Surrounded by magnificent forested mountains.
Puysegur Point - Prominent headland at the Southwestern extremity.
- Wairaurahiri River - New Zealand's steepest river, flowing from its source at Lake Hauroko.
- Port Craig - Once a saw milling port - abandoned since the 1930's.
For additional information, click this link www.humpridgetrack.co.nz/heli-packing.htm
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