BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
A very easy 30 minutes 1.5 km return walk through beautiful Siver Beech forest.
Map Data: Google, Digital Globe, Department of Conservation (DOC).
below to explore this walk.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
The Blue Pools are a must see - unless it has been raining heavily, because then they will be the brown pools...
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
The track to the pools travels gently downhill the whole way.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
At the lowest point in the walk is this boardwalk...
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
...followed by this swingbridge over the Makarora River.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
Looking upstream, we can see the bridge over the Blue Pools (centre-right of the image above).
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
Looking downstream.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
And this it... The famous Blue Pools. The water is so crystal clear, we can see large Brown and Rainbow Trout feeding in the pools.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
Because we got here early (before the crowds arrive) we can sit awhile and enjoy the tranquility - at least until the sandflies find us...
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
This seat gives us a place to rest not far from the carpark - but the walk is so easy, we don't feel like sitting.
BLUE POOLS - Mount Aspiring National Park
And here we are back at the carpark.