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The Kepler Track is a 60 km (37 mi) circular hiking track which travels through the landscape of the South Island of New Zealand and is situated near the town of Te Anau. The track passes through many landscapes of the Fiordland National Park such as rocky mountain ridges, tall mossy forests, lake shores, deep gorges, rare wetlands and rivers.
The Kepler Challenge Mountain Run is the premier mountain running event in New Zealand and follows the 60 km Kepler Track through the Fiordland National Park. It has been held annually since 1988, and draws competitors from throughout New Zealand and around the world. Around 450 runners enter the event with nearly all completing the demanding ...
Mount Luxmore is a mountain in the South Island of New Zealand visible from the nearby town of Te Anau.The mountain is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high. [1] It is part of the Kepler Track with the highest point on the track being the slightly lower Luxmore Saddle at a height of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).
A statue of a Takahē, located in central Te Anau (2023) Lake Te Anau is the largest lake in the South Island and within New Zealand second only to Lake Taupō. Rising on the west side of Lake Te Anau, the Kepler and Murchison mountain ranges are evident from most of Te Anau. Many species of bird life are also found locally.
Te Anau Lake to Milford Sound tourist map 1903 37 tourists used the new steamer and huts along the improved track in 1899–1900, though some track work remained to be completed. [ 5 ] In 1901, the government via the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and later the Tourist Hotel Corporation assumed administrative control of the track and ...
The Kepler Mire, or Dismal Swamp east of Lake Manapouri, is the largest wetland in the Te Anau basin complex in New Zealand, covering more than 900 ha (altitude 220–230 m). Like the neighbouring mountain range, it is named in honour of astronomer Johannes Kepler. [1] Its dome is about three metres higher at the centre than at the margins.
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The first 10 km (6.2 mi) section of the trail, from Te Anau to Queens Reach, was opened in 2016, [2] and the second stage from Queens Reach to Balloon Loop was opened in 2017. [4] When the full length of the 28.5 km (17.7 mi) route between Te Anau and Manapouri was completed in 2022, it included a 2 km (1.2 mi) section where riders had to use ...