Day 4 of the Kepler Track is relatively short, with less than four hours of walking. This was a good thing, because I hadn’t had the best night’s sleep due to the amount of noise in the dormitory.

There was also a lot of noise outside the hut in the morning as the keas put on a show.

The track wandered through mossy forests. It was open, level, and very easy walking.

I took a very short side trip on a boardwalk to Spirit Lake.

The views of the lake were pleasant.

I then continued on the track to catch up with Phil and Rachel, who had walked ahead. I caught up with them by the time we reached a bridge over the Forest Burn. This was the last bridge on the Kepler Track. 

Day 4 of the Kepler Track essentially follows the path of the Waiau River. For the most part the river is wide and meandering. 

The track finishes where it began, at the control gates for the outlet from Lake Te Anau. Here we collected our car and prepared for the drive to Queenstown. We would spend the night in Queenstown and then fly back to Sydney the next day.