Distance: 8.3 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 4m to 130m. Gain: 262m. Loss: 274m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A good tramping track winds through mature bush to Pipi Tuaraki Stream from Port Craig. The track sidles in and out of numerous side valleys, well back from the coast so the views are of tree trunks rather than beaches. The muddiest parts of the track have been gravelled. The many small sidestreams are not all bridged, but should not pose problems to cross. Just before reaching Pipi Tuaraki Stream is a signposted track junction with the Hump Ridge track joining from the west.

2-3 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good tramping track winds through mature bush from Pipi Tuaraki Stream to Port Craig. The track sidles in and out of numerous side valleys, well back from the coast so the views are of tree trunks rather than beaches. The muddiest parts of the track have been gravelled. As you near Port Craig the tall mature forest cede to low regenerating bush until you finally emerge into the small clearing at Port Craig School Hut. The many small sidestreams are not all bridged, but should not pose problems to cross.

2-3 hrs