A short but sweet walk, the Claremont Bush Track allows you to take your time and enjoy the native bush and bird life. Keep an eye out for bellbirds (korimako), fantails (piwakawaka) and a rare native climbing daisy with bright yellow flowers.

Start next to the sign, walk through the macrocarpa plantation and over the footbridge into the bush. The track then moves into a variety of native plants. 

Claremont Bush is a circular track with a steep climb up one side and a sharp drop of the other, which can be slippery when wet. There is a brief clearing at the top before you begin the descent which looks out over surrounding farmland, countryside with the Hunter Hills in the distance.

Directions:
From the Holme Station Road / Beaconsfield Flat Road intersection, turn onto Claremont Bush Road which is loose gravel. The bush track is a further two kilometres down the road. (If you're travelling from Timaru and get to the Pareora River Bridge, you have gone too far.)