Travers-Sabine Circuit Day5 (freedom camp between Sabine and Speargrass hut to a carpark)
Type: A part of loop of 80 km (49 miles)
Time Spent: 6 hours
Day2 Distance: 12 km (7.4 miles)
Elevation change: + 302 m -214 m(approximately + 990 feet -700 feet)
The last day of the Travers-Sabine circuit.
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| Bridge |
This day's first bridge was of course 1 person max. This one was much sturdier than the bridge I mentioned on the previous post. Phew.
According to the sign, this bridge was built in 2019. So basically it is brand new.
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| Near Speargrass hut |
The last day was easy. The distance was only 12 km (7.4 miles), and +/- elevation change was both less than 1000 feet. This was unusual in New Zealand.
Then we passed the Speargrass hut. People were still there and about to hike out around 10 a.m.
When we hiked out the New Zealand also came to the trailhead at the same time from another track. He did 7 night/8 days backpacking. It was similar itinerary but including Blue Lake at 2 nights. We gave hime a ride to a next car park which was 2 km from the car park at the trailhead. The car park was full when he started tramping. He looked Indian genetically, but he lives in New Zealand and had New Zealand accent, so assuming he grew up in NZ. Really friendly guy! He said he had been to Boston. He ate lobster rolls. That was funny. We chatted about eating something hearty after a long backpacking.
Overall Travers-Sabine Circuit was very good. Traditional Travers-Sabine Circuit doesn't include Angelus lake/peak. Many people just do only Angelus hut and many people do only Travers-Sabine Circuit. We wanted to do both, but there was limited time. Soooo we combined them! By combining them, the two amazing part can be done in one trip: Angelus lake/peak and Travers saddle. I highly recommend combining them.
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| cod |
Indeed we went to a restaurant and I had cod and Mr.N had pork ribs. Ah. So. Good.
New Zealand restaurants are high level (Restaurants in Japan are still the best, though). The cod was perfectly seasoned and vegetables at the side of fish was delicious, too. I tasted Mr.N's ribs. They were amazing, too.
New Zealand doesn't have tip culture: the same as Japan. After done with meals, you go to the cashier's area and pay. You don't pay at a table. This is exactly same as Japan, too. Tip-free culture is good. AND New Zealand servers at restaurants are very friendly, polite, really nice, and excellent.
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| Campsite |
We got full and satisfied and headed for a campground. This day we camped at a farm. A section of farm is open for camping. There are shower and toilet. $12/person/night. There is fence behind our tent and cows and sheep were close. Cute!
Next 3 days were going to be kayaking!
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