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Day 0

• ferry to Picton

Day 1

• drive to near Lake Mason on Lake Taylor Station.
• cross the South Branch Hurunui and head up the South Branch to South Branch Hurunui hut - 6 hours

Day 2

• South Branch Hurunui hut to Roche Pass
• Roche Pass down Ellis Stream to the Cox River
• Cox River to Bull Creek hut
• Bull Creek hut to Lochinvar hut (9 hours)

Day 3

• Lochinvar hut to Lake Grace (6 to 7 hours)
• Lake Grace to Bull Creek hut

Day 4

• Bull Creek hut up the Cox and Ellis Stream to Roche Pass and down to South Branch Hurunui hut (9 hours)

Day 5

• down the South Branch, crossing either at start of the day if the river is up, or at the end if it is not, and back to the van - 6 hours from South Branch Hurunui hut thus completing a brilliant trip
• drive and ferry

Nearby

• North Canterbury – Waikari Hawarden Hurunui Weka Pass area
• Lake Taylor campsite
• Lake Katrine campsite
• Historic Eskhead Station Homestead and Woolshed
• Esk bivvy
• Hurunui Hut
• Hurunui #3 Hut