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Tramping in New Zealand --Huts versus Tent?
I'll be moving in New Zealand in September on a working holiday visa. I'll be there for a year, and during my stay I plan on doing a lot of hiking/tramping. I have an opportunity to buy an affordable, lightweight Kelty brand tent, but I'm not sure if I need it.
Is it a better value to pay for the huts or to bring along your own tent? Are there any tracks that don't have many huts?
well for the "great walks" i.e milford, kepler, abel tasman, the heaphy, routeburn you HAVE to book huts during the walking season (which for the abel tasman and heaphy tracks is all year, the fiordland tracks season is the end of October till mid April), this GUARANTEES you a bed, so it would be silly to carry a tent on any of those tracks if you would prefer a guaranteed bed in the huts.
I would suggest checking out the doc website, it gives all the information relating to facilities available on tracks throughout NZ, certainly on some of the "less well known" tracks, paying for a hut ticket doens't guarantee you a bed, so tenting would be wise. I recommend sticking to huts on the tracks where booking numbers are controlled
this web link will give you all the extra info you need
http://doc.govt.nz/templates/ByRegionLanding.aspx?id=35796
Good luck, you have to book REALLY far in advance for the milford track, its already booked out for a lot of the 2008/09 season
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