Ribbonwood Hut
Canterbury · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Ribbonwood Hut in the Rakaia valley, Methven/Mount Somers area (Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand), at 593 m elevation, foothills of the Southern Alps. Continuous Canterbury cluster (batches 231-293). DOC hut in an area of extensive pastoral farming and kea (alpine parrot endemic to New Zealand, 3,000-7,000 individuals, the only species of its kind in the world). Ribbonwood = Plagianthus regius/Hoheria angustifolia, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
Off-season beds
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The setting
Rakaia Methven/Mount Somers Canterbury NZ 593 m Southern Alps, continuous cluster batches 231-293, DOC pastoral, kea alpine parrot endemic 3,000-7,000 only in the world, Plagianthus regius/Hoheria angustifolia endemic.
