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Locally Guided Treks and Dark Sky Adventures, Aotea - Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Join Star Treks for a memorable, unique adventure. Local guides lead you on an intimate journey on one of our thoughtfully crafted daylight or twilight treks. Be entertained by our island’s past and present, characters and stories. Engage with enthusiastic locals living off grid on this remote island paradise.
Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
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arshia
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Jan 2021 • Family
Most beautiful and unique experience, knowing the stars as more than just specks of light in the night sky. Loved it would do it again
Written 8 February 2021
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Arshia
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Jan 2021 • Family
Russel was our guide. He gave us a thorough outlook of life on the Aotea. I feel so grateful I got to meet such a beautiful soul like Russel and listen to his adventures and the stories behind this beautiful piece of earth. I will visit the island again and will catch up with the crew at STAR TREK'S, they made it memorable for me and my family.
Written 6 February 2021
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Thank you so much Arshia! We are so glad you and your lovely family enjoyed your experiences with Star Treks. Russel certainly is one of a kind, he loves sharing his stories and knowledge with visitors to our beautiful island. Let us know when you do make it back and we will take you somewhere special :)
Written 16 February 2021
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Andi island
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Jul 2019 • Couples
Benny our guide ( and co owner ) took us on a magical trek through a beautiful part of Great Barrier Island. Remote and wild, with a unique historical past, we were taken through the old Tram Line track which was operational in the early 1900s and used to transport huge Kauri trees along the treacherous mountain ridge and eventually down to the sawmill and off the island.
Benny’s knowledge of the area and the past was fantastic.He is a true Barrier local and his love and respect of this Island is visceral.
After a beautiful sustainably packaged, delicious lunch, with some local treats,we were collected by dinghy with Tony as our skipper.
We motored across a spectacular little bay to the old whaling station where Tony and his wife live aboard a 50 ft home built catamaran.
We enjoyed their company,knowledge and stories, while we sipped on tea made with kawakawa and learned about the now deduct Whaling and Mining industries on the island.
This is a trek that gives a greater connection and understanding to the island and it’s past.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is fascinated to see the endeavour of a people who were as tough and resourceful as the land itself.
A world away from the fast paced lives of today, it made us stop, enjoy the silence, austerity and rugged beauty.The flora enroute and the bird life is a on another level!
Star treks brought us closer to one of the most remote and remarkable places we have come to love.
Benny’s knowledge of the area and the past was fantastic.He is a true Barrier local and his love and respect of this Island is visceral.
After a beautiful sustainably packaged, delicious lunch, with some local treats,we were collected by dinghy with Tony as our skipper.
We motored across a spectacular little bay to the old whaling station where Tony and his wife live aboard a 50 ft home built catamaran.
We enjoyed their company,knowledge and stories, while we sipped on tea made with kawakawa and learned about the now deduct Whaling and Mining industries on the island.
This is a trek that gives a greater connection and understanding to the island and it’s past.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is fascinated to see the endeavour of a people who were as tough and resourceful as the land itself.
A world away from the fast paced lives of today, it made us stop, enjoy the silence, austerity and rugged beauty.The flora enroute and the bird life is a on another level!
Star treks brought us closer to one of the most remote and remarkable places we have come to love.
Written 22 July 2019
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Thank you for taking the time to write such a wonderful review! The Whangaparapara Trek is certainly a unique offering, and we are thrilled that you drew so much from the experience. Benny has been excited to guide people through this interesting corner of the island, so peaceful and slow paced, yet there are many tales to be told of busier times for this charming bay. Hope to see you on island again soon :)
Written 3 August 2019
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