Hakatere Conservation Park

This park protects high country between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers in the Ashburton Lakes District, Mid-Canterbury.

The landscape is dominated by glacial basins, rolling tussocklands, and kettle lakes, and includes the volcanic features of the Mount Somers area. The park incorporates several discrete blocks:

• Mount Hutt;
• Mount Somers and Woolshed Creek;
• Mount Harper;
• A large block east of Lake Heron, including Mount Taylor, the Taylor, Mount Somers, Palmer and Black Hill Ranges;
• the Big Hill Range;
• blocks along the Havelock, Clyde, Lawrence, and Rakaia Rivers.

Hut tickets are available from the general stores in both Mount Somers and Staveley.