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Routeburn Track

95 images Created 15 Dec 2009

The Routeburn Track traverses 32 kilometres of Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks, taking you through New Zealand World Heritage Area.

Stunning waterfalls, abundant beech trees, and a forest foundation of ferns compete with native forest birds. As you gain elevation, the snow-capped mountains and hanging valleys show their history carved by ancient glaciers. The tussock and sub-alpine vegetation and reflective tarns now dominate the landscape. Drop back into the rich forest of ferns and moss and follow the meandering rivers. Wake up to the mountain parrots as they curiously explore your hiking boots, and whether you indeed need them to finish your hike. Stand in the rainbow and mist of Earland Falls, a 174 metre waterfall, before heading up to Key Summit for 360-degree panoramic views of the Fiordland mountains. Now that's what a good hike's all about!

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  • A rising mountain shadow creeps up the face of the mountain at Lake MacKenzie, along the Routeburn Track in Fiordland National Park.  In the distance are Emily Pass and Emily Peak.
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  • Routeburn Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Key Summit, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • A hobbit hole or empty tree cavity for a lucky bird?  Rich moss blankets the beech forest along the Routeburn Track in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand.
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Waterfall, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Key Summit, Routeburn Track, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, early winter dawn in Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, early winter dawn in Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, early winter dawn in Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Rainbow, Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream carving through a canyon gorge, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • hiking through the forest along the Routeburn Track, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Beech Forest, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Beech Forest, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Flats Valley, New Zealand
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  • Rifleman, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Rifleman, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Rifleman, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Waterfall, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Key Summit, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • South Island Tomtit, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • South Island Tomtit, Fiordland, Routeburn Track, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Key Summit, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Flats Valley, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn, forest, New Zealand
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  • Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Helicopter, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Beech Forest, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • A small stream in the forest at Mount Aspiring National Park, along the Routeburn Track, New Zealand.
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • South Island Robin, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Kea parrot foraging for food underneath tree bark, during an early winter dawn in Fiordland, New Zealand.
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  • Key Summit, Routeburn Track
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  • Key Summit, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Key Summit, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Pass Creek, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Pass Creek, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Waterfall, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Earland Falls, Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Track, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Flats Valley, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn Flats Valley, New Zealand
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Forest, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Routeburn, canyon gorge, New Zealand
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • Sugar Loaf Stream, Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park
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  • South Island Tomtit, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Chaffinch, Fiordland, Routeburn, New Zealand
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  • Kea, early winter dawn in Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, early winter dawn, Fiordland
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  • Kea, foraging, New Zealand
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  • Kea, foraging, New Zealand
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  • Kea, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Kea, Fiordland, New Zealand
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  • Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
    Lake Mackenzie 02_9005.jpg
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