Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1
Glade Wharf to Glade House
20min
1
Glade House to Clinton Hut
1hr
2
Clinton Hut to Mintaro Hut
5-6hr
3
Mintaro Hut to Dumpling Hut
6-7hr
3
Side trip to Sutherland Falls
1½hr return
4
Dumpling Hut to Sandfly Point
5½-6hr
Bookings & Transport
The Milford Track is a Great Walk. Between late October and mid-April, you need a
Great Walk pass ($162) to cover your three nights in the huts. Passes must be obtained in
advance (book early to avoid disappointment), either online via DOC's
Great Walks Bookings
( 0800 694 732;
www.greatwalks.co.nz
)
or in person at a DOC visitor centre. In the off-season
the huts revert to Serviced ($15), and the track can be walked in any time frame you like.
This makes the month or so either side of the Great Walks season a great time to tramp,
weather dependent.
The track starts at Glade Wharf, at the head of Lake Te Anau, accessible by a 1½-hour
boat trip from Te Anau Downs, 29km from Te Anau on the road to Milford Sound. The
track finishes at Sandfly Point, a 15-minute boat trip from Milford Sound village from
where you can return by road to Te Anau, around two hours away. You will be given op-
tions to book the above connecting transport online, at the same time as you book your hut
tickets.
To book your own transport, your best bet is to contact
Tracknet
( 0800 483 262;
www.tracknet.net
)
, which offers round-trip packages and secure parking at its Te Anau base.
There are other options for transport to and from the track, including a float-plane hop
www.wingsandwater.co.nz
)
. Te Anau i-SITE and the Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre can
advise on options to best suit you.
Hollyford Track
The five-day, 58km Hollyford Track is an easy to moderate tramp through the lower
Hollyford - the longest valley in Fiordland National Park - to remote Martin's Bay. Track
upgrades and improved transport services, combined with the fact that it's a low-level
tramp achievable year-round, have resulted in more trampers discovering the splendid
mountain and lake vistas, beautiful forest, extensive birdlife and magical coast that make
