Silver Trip Details

Silver Practice Tramp - Held in conjunction with the Year 11 PE Trip

This tramp explores the tracks in the Waianakarua Reserve. It is three days and two nights in duration. The tracks are through manuka and kanuka forests opening out into tussock blocks with great hill top views out to the coast. This tramp will develop your route finding and bushcraft skill.

Silver Qualifying or Gold Practice Tramps.  Some ideas to inspire you in the Matukituki Valley

This is a three-day, two-night expedition to the West or East Matukituki Valley, tramping through open farmland into beech forest following the branches of the Matukituki River. This tramp challenges Year 11 and 12 students. It involves independently camping and exploring this magnificent area of the Aspiring National Park.

West Matukituki  with day walks to the higher huts

East Matukituki  exploring the Apsiring Flat Area