An early morning start today as your guides will pick you up from Christchurch and transfer you to the heart of The Southern Alps, to the picturesque shores of the turquoise waterways of Lake Tekapo. After lunch, your guides will prep you for what to expect and what to bring for the the wilderness hike in The Mackenzie High Country. From gear prep, its time to transfer into our Land Rover Defenders, which will take us up the Cass River Valley, across some braided river crossings and further into the wilds. Once we reach as far as our Landys can go, its time to start hiking mates!

The hike this afternoon will be about making our way up to a private backcountry hut.

The hut offers grandiose views into the deep wilds of the Cass Valley and surrounding glaciers. A space that is far away from tourists and deep in the heart of the mighty Mackenzie backcountry. Views from the hut cast a stunning vista over the Lieberg Range and Mt Hutton.

This evening we’ll celebrate under some of the clearest skies in the world, part of the Aoraki Nightime Sky Reserve an unforgettable experience in itself.

Rising early to the shimmering gold carpet of alpine beauty, we’re off for a full day wilderness hike starting with a gentle climb from the hut up to a stunning saddle.

We’ll be hiking with some backpacks today as we carry our gear over an alpine saddle and eventuating to a fabulous ridgeline offering magnificent views over endless peaks, glaciers and giant rocky summits! We’ll savour nature and this beautiful landscape before making our descent down a pretty alpine valley back to the Cass Valley floor.

We’ll hike back to the trustee Land Rovers and make our journey back across the many river crossings to the beautiful Glenmore Station.

Tonight we’ll be staying on the high country station savouring a delicious home made dinner by your guides. More star gazing for desert!

This evening we’ll embrace our incredible High Country Wilderness Hiking Experience, back at our private Sheep Station, with views that will leave you breathless. We will relive our backcountry hiking experience over some fine wines and a delicious gourmet dinner as we have become even more inspired by the breathtaking beauty of The Mackenzie High Country.

Our final day of our incredible High Country Hiking Experience. We’ll start this day off by a nice morning stretching session with fantastic views, before a healthy breakfast. The early afternoon will have your guides driving the group back to Christchurch , where your journey began. Afternoon arrivals by 2 pm.