After 150 days and 3074.5 km of hiking (and also canoeing and cycling), I reached Bluff, the southern terminus of Te Araroa.
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The penultimate day on Te Araroa was a long walk along Oreti Beach, bookended with roadwalk in Riverton and Invercargill.
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With forest and mountains behind me, Te Araroa begins following the south coast of the South Island.
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A second day in the Longwood Forest took me through very muddy trail to the final hut on Te Araroa.
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A road walk took me into the infamously muddy Longwood Forest, from where I got my first view towards Bluff and the southern coast of the South Island.
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