Start time: 9am
Duration: Walking time 7-8 hours, approximately 12 km with 550m of vertical
Cost: $20
Tramp/Route

Come explore the Tūpari Reserve near the head of the Kaituna Valley with Dianne Lang and Max Lang. This is a brand new walk for 2025 and walks up the ridge of the reserve which is also the southern spur of Mount Bradley. The walk along the ridge is on exposed alpine grassland with occasional windswept scrub fragments and you will see commanding views of Kaituna Valley and eventually Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora and the Pacific Ocean at the top of our walk at 600 metres above sea level. We will descend down the valley floor, taking in towering stands of kahikatea, mataī and tōtara, regenerating kānuka/mānuka, moss covered boulder lined streams, and tussock grasslands.

Your guides are Dianne and Max Lang, who are keen trampers and regular volunteers at Tūpari Reserve.

**The ridge track is a mixture of stock tracks, farm tracks and bush trail. This is a unique and rare chance to do a true ridge walk with views in all directions. This route has many challenging, steep sections which will require a high level of fitness and agility.

An information sheet will be sent to all participants the week before the event with instructions for where to meet and what to bring
The Festival is being generously supported by Further Faster. Bring your ticket along to the store to get up to 10% off. Please show your Banks Peninsula Walking Festival Ticket in-store to redeem. Exclusions apply, including but not limited to electronics, paddle gear, hut tickets, gift cards and sale stock. This generous offer is not available retrospectively, so please do not ask.

**Walks canceled by the Festival due to weather related incidents or factors beyond our control (road closure/slips) are eligible for a 60% refund only. Walks canceled due to guide unavailability are eligible for a full refund (minus the Humanitix fee). There will be no rescheduling of canceled walks and refunds will not be available to people who cancel out of a walk. Please let the organiser know as soon as possible if you cancel out of a walk at bpwalkingfest@gmail.com