Thread: Oaro block kaikoura

There are two ways to legally access the block. First and easiest is to pay for access through the gamepark (Glencree). Before that was an option I found a way up out of the river before the big waterfall, it's dodgey as so I'm not willing to explain it on here but if you're keen enough and have a good head for exposed climbing than just know there is a way to do it. Once the private land access started becoming more frequent I stopped heading in there. It's a small narrow block, so sharing it with other hunters can be difficult.

I found it to hold large numbers of goats, a decent amount of reds and a few fallow. If Glencree are still offering access through the farm then that would be how I'd go about it. That way they know you're out there so won't be out there themselves and you are bloody unlikely to have someone climb their way in. I spent 20odd years in Kaikoura and although I talked to a lot of people who had tried to get in there no one had ever found a feasible route except for myself and now that I've got kids I don't think I'm game enough to try my old goat track again haha.