Haast Pass Lookout Track

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The 60 minute round trip from the road to Haast Pass Lookout is a good way to take a break from the car. Starting in the lush, mossy beech forest at the bottom, adorned with mushrooms and ferns aplenty, the path eventually becomes a winding, steeper rockier trail until you reach your reward at the top in the form of a wooden bench. At the lookout point you will see a satisfying vista out to both the west and the east, and be able to appreciate the route used by Maori pounamu (greenstone) traders for centuries prior to the arrival of the Europeans.