Lee
South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township ▷
4.0/5
Beautiful views for a relatively straight forward walk.
Well worth the short fairly steep ascent! The Sawyer Burn track isn’t actually a loop, it leads straight to the Sawyer Burn hut returning the same route, the nature walk at the bottom is the loop.
It’s worth continuing up from the marker at the top for even more expansive views. Another 3 hours of gruelling backcountry hiking leads to Sentinel Peak, but this is for experienced back country hikers only as there is barely a track and good navigation skills are required.