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The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp (Base Camp) is a brand new offering, and the folks there have prepared a number of all-inclusive, wonderfully bespoke adventure packages for you. Whether you’re a group of friends, a modern family, a father and son, a mum plus one, or all loved up; there is an adventure that will suit you (hopefully just outside your comfort zone). Wilderness first-timers are as welcome as the seasoned high alpine explorers.

This wonderful seven-night package will take you to six completely different and utterly spectacular locations. You will spend some nights at the Base Camp itself and some nights in three completely different remote and beautiful locations, each within the World Heritage Area. You will be sleeping in traditional heavy wool canvas tents (stretcher beds, mattresses, and a wood-fired tent heater) when you’re not fireside at Base Camp. This is for groups of up to six and is guided.

The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp team are all Glenorchy locals and know their backyard well. This five-night (minimum) adventure will see your group helicoptered to an absolutely breath-taking high alpine tarn location, where you will be guided on a three day hike through high alpine terrain to a hanging valley and down through a pristine wilderness forest to one of the waiting Land Rover Defender 4x4s for your shuttle back to Base Camp.

Do you want to climb to the top of a mountain? Summit options include (beginner), blue, black, and double black, with some quite near to Base Camp and others farther afield. The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp guiding team know what they are doing and will take care to assess your competence once you arrive and, with your involvement, make a plan to thrill you and make sure you go home with some wellearned bragging rights.

Take in this part of the world’s unique landscape by spending several days based in an unspoiled remote valley and river system surrounded by forests and snow-covered peaks. It is a complete outdoor package with 4×4 transfers, traditional camping, hiking, mountain biking, pack camping, and pack rafting. What’s not to love about an action-packed adventure immersed in New Zealand’s natural beauty?

With the help of a helicopter, the diverse terrain and a myriad of slope aspects provide great opportunities for snowshoeing in this backyard. It’s so enjoyable, and your guide will make sure the terrain and conditions suit your family or group ability. The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp is close to the Glenorchy heliport, which helps the team grab the best weather windows for high alpine jaunts, and it also makes fireside refreshments only moments away from your return to the heliport.

If you’ve ever been heli-skiing, you will know how charged you feel at the end of an eightrun day. It is awesome; you are pumped. The killer can be having to sit in a vehicle for a lengthy transfer to your accommodation. Not here! The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp’s location means you will be able to pounce on the weather windows getting up, and on return, walk out of the helicopter and practically straight into a sauna or bar.

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