Travel Reference
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of the lake, the Jackson Peaks and the Kepler Mountains. Along the way it traverses rocky
ridges, tussock lands and peaceful beech forest.
The route can be covered in four days, staying in the three huts, although it is possible
to reduce the tramp to three days by continuing past Moturau Hut and leaving the track at
Rainbow Reach swing bridge. However, spending a night at Moturau Hut on the shore of
Lake Manapouri is an ideal way to end this tramp. The track can also be walked in either
direction, although the most popular is Luxmore-Iris Burn-Moturau.
The alpine sections require a good level of fitness and may be closed in winter, al-
though this is a heavily weather-dependent track at any time of year.
