TA stats

This is a page with our compiled statistics from our Te Araroa hike during the 24/25 season. Black numbers are the totals. Red numbers are for the South Island and Blue numbers are for the North Island.

Stats for days 82-86 + 91-92 not included due to being off trail on vacation for a few days 😊

Days

Total days: 126 (60 & 66)
Nero days (13 km or less): 7 (4 & 3)
Zero days on trail: 6 (3 & 3)
Zero days off trail: 7 (0 & 7)
Hiking days: 113 (57 & 56)
Days of hiking just the two of us: 94 (42 & 52)
Days of hiking with company (or partly with company): 19 (15 & 4)

Distance

Total distance: 2905.92 km (1322.17 & 1583.75)
Longest hiking day: 42.62 km (42.62 & 42.57)
Shortest hiking day: 5.86 km (5.86 & 6.84)
Average hiking day (incl. zero days): 23.06 km/day (22.04 & 24.00)
Average hiking day (excl. zero days): 25.72 km/day (23.20 & 28.28)
Total ascent: 77,863 m (41,491 & 36,372)
Total descent: 78,291 m (41,772 & 36,519)

Geography

Regions passed through: 11/15
Southland, Otago
Canterbury
West Coast
Marlborough
Tasman
Wellington
Manawatū-Whanganui
Waikato
Auckland
Northland

Accomodation

Tent: 59 (38 & 21) (46.8 %) ⛺

of which
Wild camp: 24 (21 & 3)
Holiday park: 10 (4 & 6)
Outside hut: 7 (7 & 0)
Campsite: 16 (6 & 10)
Trail Angel: 2 (0 & 2)

Hostel/Holiday Park:

of which
Double bed: 14 (3 & 11)
Bunk beds: 2 (2 & 0)
Single beds: 1 (0 & 1)
Other: 2 (0 & 2)

Trail Angel (indoors): 10 (3 & 7)

DOC hut: 10 (7 & 3)

AirBnB: 10 (1 & 9)

Self-contained studio or motel: 8 (3 & 5)

Hotel: 3 (2 & 1)

Consumables

Number of bars eaten: 438 (199 & 239) (=3.5 bars per day!)

Chocolate: 7 035 g (3 335 g & 3 700 g) 🍫

Beef Jerky: 1 650 g (950 g & 700 g)

Biltong: 2 075 g (1 030 g & 1 045 g)

Wraps: 100 (34 & 66)

Bags of (potato/tortilla) chips (usually á 150 g): 44 (19 & 25)

Pringles tubes (or equal): 17 (14 & 3)

Bags of nuts (usually á 300 g): 35 (17 & 18)

Freeze-dried meals: 47 (30 & 17)

Burgers: 19 (8 & 11)

Pizza:

Regular: 14 (8 & 6)
Mini: 5 (5 & 0)

Fries: 25 (14 & 11)

Pies: 15 (1 & 14)

Beers (Lukas): 76 (25 & 51)

Ice cream:

1 or 1.2 litre: 4 (1 & 3)
470 or 500 ml: 10 (3 & 7)
Sundaes: 4 (4 & 0)
Small cup: 1 (1 & 0)
Sticks: 40 (17 & 23)
Scoops: 9 (5 & 4)
Soft serve: 2 (2 & 0)
Milkshakes: 7 (0 & 7)

Peanut butter (started counting after Whanganui): 12 (0 & 12)

Times we had crepes/pancakes: 18 (4 & 14)

Nutella/hazelnut spread: 11 (3 & 8)

Packs of beer sticks: 12 (7 & 5)

Packs of Tim tams: 9 (4 & 5)

Snickers:

Mini (á 15 g): 20 (20 & 0)
Normal (á 44 g): 6 (4 & 2)
Double (á 64 g): 2 (2 & 0)

Bags of Hi-Chews: 4 (4 & 0)

Gas:

7 (4 & 3) á 100 g

1 (1 & 0) á 230 g
Less than 1 kg in total!

Items

Lost items:

2 hair ties, 3 water bottles (old juice bottles), 1 tent peg, 1 pole rubber tip, 1 soap container

Broken items:

Lukas’ belt buckle, Kim’s old shirt (that was already broken beforehand), Kim’s bra (same), 2 pairs of Lukas’ socks, 4.5 pairs of Kim’s socks (2 was worn beforehand), 3 hair ties, 1 USB-C cable, 1 pole tip, Lukas glasses, some rubber tips

Animals & Wildlife

Animals seen:

Pig, cat, chicken, hare, rabbit, goat, sheep, horse, cow, dog, possum, skink, frog, mouse, tahr, wild deer, deer (not wild), wild pig, turkey, wild boar, green gecko

Animals (& birds) heard but not seen:

Wild deer, kea, morepork, long-tailed cuckoo

Dead animals:

Mouse, hedgehog, rabbit, hare, sheep, tahr, cow, possum, wallaby, pig, deer, New Zealand falcon

Wild birds seen:

Eurasian blackbird, Yellow-crowned parakeet, New Zealand fantail, South Island robin, California quail, Australasian harrier hawk, Australian magpie, Weka, Canada goose, Rifleman, Blue duck, Tomtit, Black Swan, Paradise Shelduck, Red-billed Gull, Bellbird, Pukeko, New Zealand pigeon, Welcome swallow, Song thrush, Eastern rosella, Southern black-backed gull, Pied shag, Variable oystercatcher, North Island Saddleback, New Zealand falcon, Common myna, Common pheasant, Brown Quail, tern, Grey warbler, Southern black-backed gull…

Longest section without seeing sheep: 🐑

For Lukas: Arthur's Pass - Pelorus (18.5 days)
For Kim: St Arnaud - Pelorus (7 days)

Stung by wasps:

3 times (Kim) 🐝

Misc

Lukas' swims: 49 (43 & 6)

Kim's swims: 12 (10 & 2)

Hot pool swims (both): 1 (1 & 0)

Kim’s falls (or bad slips): 12 (5 & 7)

Lukas' falls: 2 (1 & 1)

Lukas' catholes: 2 (1 & 1)

Massages: 1 (1 & 0) (Methven)

Longest stretch without doing laundry: 8

Invercargill - Te Anau
Te Anau - Wanaka
Wanaka - Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo - Methven
St Arnaud - Havelock

Longest stretch without doing resupplying/showering: 8

St Arnaud - Havelock

Bypasses/ferries (included in Te Araroa): 8

Car rides: 4
Lake Wakatipu
Rangitata River
Rakaia River
Marsden Point - Whangarei Heads

Ferries/water taxis: 4
Ship Cove - Picton
Picton - Wellington
Auckland - Devonport
Russell - Paihia