Mount Taranaki New Zealand

Mount Taranaki Holly Hut Track
~ So this is how the hike went with my friends on the 25th to 26th of Feb, 2023.
It was more than 5 hours of drive from Auckland (we left around 6am) going to Egmont National Park Visitor Centre as we needed to stop for to eat & stretch.
When we got there on Saturday (25th of Feb) the weather was gloomy, Mt.Taranaki's summit was covered with clouds. We already postponed this trip from last month because of severe weather condition/flooding/slips so we had no choice but to continue with this new dates even if we know that the weather would be a challenge.
We took the Holly Hut track, started hiking around 3pm & reached Holly Hut around 8:30ish. During the middle of the hike, we were able to enjoy some sunlight before it went gloomy again but had a beautiful sunset at the end of the day.
The next day, we decided to go to Bells Falls which supposed to be an hour round trip track but ended up doing it for 2 hours because of the rain water/mud!
We left Holly Hut around after lunch, the track going back was more challenging because it's more muddy due to the rain.
🔺️ Holly Hut Track: It's a challenging track, lots of soft ground, rocky area, & never ending ladder steps 🥹
🔺️ Holly Hut: It was so hot there during the night so we ended up sleeping outside our sleeping bag but became chilly early morning because it started raining heavily! We weren't able to sleep (got an hour or 2) because it's a shared room/bunk beds so you'll hear all the noise so better bring your ear plugs.
‼️Book your bunk beds in advance!‼️
🔺️There's no cooking equipment at Holly hut so make sure you bring your portable boiler for hot water, we had cup noodles/back country meal for dinner. Had some sweets & protein bars too.
🔺️ Toilets: There are two portaloos few steps from the hut but ofcourse dont expect that it's clean & will smell divine 😅. There's NO SHOWER there so bring your wipes.
🔺️PACK LIGHT‼️
Here's the sample list made by our Team Captain 😁
Hiking wear
1. Wear long sleeve shirt and trousers
2. Hiking boots
3. Hiking socks (merino wool would be ideal, but not essential)
4. WALKING POLES (These had saved me going back as my legs gave up towards the end of the hike)
Additional clothing(Take with)
1. 1x set undies
2. Sleep wear
3. Rain jacket(poncho)
4. Warm jacket and trouser
5. 1x additional pair hiking socks
6. Plastic bag for each shoe(to protect against mud) (can opt for clingwrap also)
7. Clothes to change with when you get back to the visitor centre (you can leave some stuff in your car so your hiking bag won't be too heavy)
Sleep gear
1. Sleeping bag
2. Pillow & sheet (very small one)
Food
1. 2 x Backcountry meals/noodles (Saturday eve & Sunday morning)
2. Protein bar/jelly sweets/treats or nuts
3. Water bottle
4. Eating spoon (recommended to get a long spoon)
5. Mug for coffee
Other items
1. Toothbrush/toothpaste
Additional items(items shared)
1. First aid kit
2. Jetboil to heat up water
3. Coffee/sugar(thinking of coffee saches with powder milk already in it)
Thank you for watching this video. I hope it helps you somewhere if you are planning to go to Mt.Taranaki too. Will see if our group could do the Mt.Taranki Summit next time! 😬🤞
Drone shots Cto: @explore_nzl
Sounds credit all from Capcut:
-Natural emotions by Muspace Lofi
-Kpop Korean Guitar by Matsu-Beat
-Fresh green nature acoustic by C_O
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