Day 18: Glenorchy adventure day
2026-11-19 · Glenorchy → Glenorchy
30 mi · 48 km · 45m @40mph
Morning on the Dart River Wilderness Jet — jet-boating a braided glacial river into Mt Aspiring National Park. Afternoon on the Routeburn Track to Routeburn Flats, or the Glenorchy Lagoon boardwalk at golden hour. Roads beyond Glenorchy are partly gravel — check the campervan's unsealed-road clause.
Stops
- Dart River Wilderness Jet~09:11cruiseJet-boat deep into the braided Dart River and Mount Aspiring wilderness from Glenorchy.
- Routeburn Flats (Routeburn Track day walk)~10:22walkA day-walk taste of a Great Walk: beech forest to open river flats beneath towering peaks.
- Glenorchy Lagoon Walkway~11:34walkFlat boardwalk loop through a birdlife-rich wetland with mirror-still mountain reflections.
Tonight: Glenorchy
No place picked for this night yet.
In Glenorchy base plan
- Mrs Woolly's Campground holiday-park
Powered sites at the head of Lake Wakatipu with a superb general store next door — a two-night base for the Glenorchy adventure day.