The Confluence (West Coast) Traditional Cache

A drive by with safe parking at the confluence of Haast and Landsborough Rivers.  A great photo opportunity of the Landsborough Valley.  Watch children as there is a bank down to the Haast River. Bring your own pen and insect repellent. (see long description below)

The Landsborough River is the major tributary of the Haast.  Its source is 40 miles away at the McKerrow glacier in the vicinity of Mount Cook National Park.

Towards the head of the Landsborough can be seen Mt Ward a prominent peak on the Main Divide.  In the middle distance, Clarke Mound, the long forested ridge between the Clarke and Landsborough, was over-ridden by ice during a major phase of glaciation approximately 100,000 years ago.  It is likely that earlier most of the major peaks in view would have been submerged by an ice sheet. 

Please note this cache is in an area where there is a high risk of being eaten alive by tiny muggles in the form of sand flies that seem to breed at this point. Apply insect repellent before exiting the vehicle.