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Exploring Te Anau area

Last month, I covered the trip down from Geraldine to Mossburn overnight then out to Walter Peak Station. So here’s the rest of this epic trip, visiting Mavora Lakes, Milford Sound, Manapouri, Borland Road, Lake Monowai and Lake Hauroko.

After a very enjoyable and scenic drive out to Walter Peak Station, we returned to the Mavora Lakes turnoff.

Turning off the Mount Nicholas Road we are enveloped in dense beech forest. At 1.5km we asrrive at South Mavora Lake outlet with a big swing bridge over it leading to tramping tracks. The bridge gives views up to the head of the lake. The road follows through the trees with the lake

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