Kepler Control Gates

Feel so great to walk in the trail.

A fantastic walk or bike ride a must-do.

If you're in Te Anau, take half a day to check out the Kepler track. Or a full day or 4 days if you're up for it.

If you are going to do the Kepler great walk in a counterclockwise direction, this is where you start. The three huts you have to book if you don’t want to camp are - Luxmore, Iris Burn and Motorau. Walking to Luxmore hut will take you first 5km to Brod bay with ease almost no elevation. Afterwards you will be hiking up to the mountain for 2-3hrs depending how quickly you move and if you stop to eat/snack (which I recommend). It will be constant elevation for that time, you will sweat, you will get tired and you will have an awesome time. Once you reach above the tree line you will have 45-1 hr more of walking to get to Luxmore hut. The walking path condition is excellent, can’t get lost, just follow it and plenty of signs along the way (telling you how much more walking you will endure haha). Make sure you bring enough food (meal plan) for the 3 nights. There will be water you can get at the huts but not in between, you will need a large water bottle (especially in summer with the heat).

Quite cool to have a look at and venture round. Great for those interested in hydrology.

Kepler control gates at the start of the Kepler walk. Some interesting information to read about the gates, but it would of been really cool to actually see the gates in action. Lovely view of the lake and mountain ranges further away from this point

Nice walk from town out to the gates, and some interesting boards around to tell you how the control gates work and what they do. Was quite exposed in places and particularly at the gates themselves, so I'd recommend bringing a wind layer!

Only gets a 4 because it’s on the way to the excellent lake walk to Brod Bay.OK if you like sluice gates !

If you are interested about hydrology, you must definitely make a stop here. You can also combine with some tracks.

A great place for many adventures