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Banks Peninsula Walk

Akaroa Walk

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Start: 24 New Regent Street, Christchurch, 9:30am
Finish: 12:00pm, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Length: 3.5 days
Grade: C (Up to 6 hrs physical activity per day.)
Price: NZ$1486
Departs: Nov - Apr: between 3 & 8 departures monthly - see Departures

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Highlights: This Banks Peninsula walk takes you hiking from Christchurch to Akaroa. Enjoy unsurpassed views of the Southern Alps, Canterbury Plains and Banks Peninsula. Step back in time and experience the fascinating history of Lyttelton, the Peninsula and the French settlement of Akaroa. Stay in comfortable boutique style accommodation, and dine on high quality meals. Be active during the day while indulging in all the comforts of home in the evening.

Day 1: The Akaroa Walk starts with a gondola trip to the top of Mt Cavendish. View the Heritage Time Tunnel. Walk to Godley Head. View the WWII gun emplacements and the Lyttelton Timeball Station. Stay at the historic Godley House in Diamond Harbour. 9km walking.

Day 2: Walk along ridge trails with commanding views of the harbours, valleys and inlets of Banks Peninsula, until you reach the "Hilltop" - where you stay at the relaxing Pentrip Lodge. 22km walking.

Day 3: An 11km walk down tracks overlooking Akaroa Harbour, until you reach Wainui. Travel by boat across to Akaroa Village. Stay in good quality accommodation and have an entertaining evening meal in one of Akaroa's top restaurants. Your Akaroa hike ends and the following day you catch a shuttle back to Christchurch. 11km walking.

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"Banks Peninsula Walk - from Christchurch to Akaroa!"

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Banks Peninsula consists of two volcanic craters which are Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbours. Three million years younger than the Lyttelton volcano, Akaroa erupted nine million years ago and during the next million years buried much of the eastern and south-eastern flanks of the older volcano.

 

 

 

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