Alone in Fiordland: Solo Hiking the Kepler Track

In this hiking vlog, we go solo backpacking overnight on a hike called the Kepler Track in New Zealand or Aotearoa for 4 days and 3 nights. I was alone in the wilderness in this one, the views were mind-boggling and truly majestic. Being alone made it challenging, I was alone in in the huts for the final 2 nights, for one part of the trail I didn't see anyone for around 72 hours, except a couple people in a boat passing by on the third day.

I wasn't solo camping though, I was staying in the wonderful hut system that makes New Zealand hiking so good. I saw some keas from afar. I didn't need to use many wilderness survival skills luckily, but it was did get very cold - those New Zealand winters on the south island are intense!

This trek, hike, tramp, whatever you call it (they call it tramping in New Zealand) was tough, my bag heavy, it was a real adventure. This was on the south island or Te Waipounamu, near the southern tip of the island in what is called Fiordland National Park. The fiords are majestic, jetting up into the ocean and a wet climate persists in the rainforests along with on the mountaintops. In the Fiordlands it rains here 200 of the 365 days of the year! The forests were magical. I saw strange purple mushrooms, and old ferns that reminded me of my homeland of Vancouver Island.

0:00 Intro
2:27 Walk to the trailhead
3:10 Start of hike
5:00 Up to Luxmore Hut
7:20 Sunset over Te Anau
11:15 Sunrise from Luxmore Hut
13:20 Up into the alpine
19:41 Up Mount Luxmore
21:12 Hiking across alpine ridges
24:46 Hanging valley shelter
25:48 Morning at Iris Burn Hut
29:19 Rainforest hiking
32:32 Fire before bed
32:58 Morning at Moturau Hut
33:56 Hike back to parking lot


Music Credit:

The piece Piano Moment can be found at the following link:
https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-...

The piece Ancient Wind was composed by Noru and can be found at the following link:
https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-...

Track titled "Piano Moment", https://pixabay.com/music/solo-piano-...

Beethovens 1st movement of the Moonlight Sonata, from the Youtube Library.

The violin cinematic piece playing at the map during the intro is made by this artist: https://freesound.org/people/DeVern/

The handpan piece during the intro is found here: https://freesound.org/people/HECKFRIC...

Thanks to all artists for letting me use their music!


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