Most New Zealanders do it on their own rather than going on guided tramps, but on the Hollyford, it pays to go with a guide.

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The Hollyford Track takes you through beech forest into the true Deep South of New Zealand and onto the West Coast beaches, remote and wild.

BBC: New Zealand��s tracks less travelled

Options for reducing the length of the there-and-back journey include hitching a jetboat ride south with Hollyford Track Guided Walks for the length of Lake McKerrow (book in advance).

BBC: New Zealand��s tracks less travelled

The dramatic Hollyford Track starts in the midst of lowland forest, crossing mountain streams and passing pretty waterfalls as it follows the broad Hollyford River valley all the way to the sea at Martins Bay.

BBC: New Zealand��s tracks less travelled