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\"Akaroa<\/a>
\nAkaroa Bay from 699m<\/a>, a photo by Steph Jennings<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

Looking back into Akaroa Bay from the highest point on the Banks Peninsula Tramp.<\/p>\n

The Banks Peninsula Track is privately co-owned and co-run 35km track passing through several small holdings on the Banks Peninsula.<\/p>\n

We completed the 4 day tramp which involved traversing the headlands and down into bays, sleeping in stargazers and huts, bathing under the stars, walking on beaches with seals and up hills with penguins and some of the most dramatic scenery I’ve ever seen – oh and sheep, lots and lots of sheep!<\/p>\n

The numbers are limited on the track to 2500 per year, with a maximum group size of 12, this is so the path is never crowded and minimise impact on this beautiful landscape!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akaroa Bay from 699m, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr. Looking back into Akaroa Bay from the highest point on the Banks Peninsula Tramp. The Banks Peninsula Track is privately co-owned and co-run 35km track passing through several small holdings on the Banks Peninsula. We completed the 4 day tramp which involved traversing the … Continue reading Akaroa Bay from 699m<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[103,1],"tags":[343,344,342,562],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-wbiagw","tag-nzpicoftheday","tag-new-zealand","tag-photo","tag-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-gM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1113,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/09\/purple-peak-akaroa\/","url_meta":{"origin":1040,"position":0},"title":"Purple Peak – Akaroa","date":"June 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Purple Peak - Akaroa, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr.The last day of the Banks Peninsula Tramp after heading through the Hinewai reserve we reached purple peak. 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