Travel Reference
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New Zealand's Nine Great Walks
Lake Harris (
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NZ's second-most-popular Great Walk (
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) traverses the mighty
Southern Alps linking Mt Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks. It passes
through ice-carved valleys and beech forests on its way, and although there is
plenty of decent climbing to be done, a well-benched and -graded track enables
trampers of average fitness to achieve significant summits. Harris Saddle, Conical
Hill and Key Summit offer unforgettable vistas, although close-range sights such as
thundering waterfalls, weird rock formations, alpine tarns and peculiar plant life will
likely stir your spirits just as much.
