New Zealand Mount Brown Hut, Lake Kaniere

Mount Brown Hut near Lake Kaniere offfers a beautiful 360 panorama to the nearby green mountain range, the lakeside and all the way to the sea. For me it is special cause it isn't a usual well known hiking trail and you will meet just a very few people.

Check your camera settings before the evening and make sure you understand everything for night photography. Use a tripod, the manual focus, put of the stabilization, and use the lowest aperture. In comparison to this you can try out what ISO fits to the shutter speed. Use not longer than 20 seconds for stars cause they are slowly moving.

A hiking trip to the nearby Mount Brown Hut is around 8,9 km out-and-back with 983 meter of elevation. It is a very challenging hike and requires a really good level of fitness. The background for this assessment is the trail itself. Sometimes it is difficult to find the right way. Small marker on the trees can help you here. At some points in the bush line it is very step and slippery. After the bush line you will enter a very muddy ground.

Mount Brown Hut is a backcountry hut. All bookings are first-come first-served. There is no reservation possibility. So please take your tent and sleeping gear with you, if you definitely want to stay up in the mountains and to be safe in case the hut is full.