Our priorities in walking the Top Track:
26 km of walking with lots of hills
experiencing the wildlife and native forests
enjoying the company of good friends
excellent food
Not necessarily in that order

Sunset at Papatowai
The Top Track starts from a village set in forest by the sea about 90 minutes drive south of Dunedin

Sunrise at Papatowai
We stayed the night at Oyster Catcher cottage
and some of us were up to see the sunrise at 6 am.

Early Light at Papatowai

Nature walk from Picnic Point
After a walk on the beach there was a pleasant track back through the forest. I wondered what the trees were.

Can you identify this tree?

And this one?

Happy Hikers ready to leave

The Old Coach Road
not used as a road since the 1920's. It took us to
Tahakopa Beach