We drove up the car park it’s one narrow gravel road but fine for a camper van. The summit hike is the purple peak track & it’s AMAZING! Best hike only 1-2 hours head up the steep way first! The views over akaroa is mind blowing. Lots of different hike options out there!

I would suggest driving up to the car park near the lodge and start from there but BEWARE the road to get there is very narrow and steep and has 2 tracks that your wheels have to stay on or else you may get stuck. Nice hike with a beautiful view! It gets pretty hard near the end and steep and surrounded by gorse but I enjoyed it!

Average views, better from the car on the drive down to Akaroa in my opinion. The summit track is very overgrown with gorse and not really achievable unless covered up (comments book in shelter confirms our experience). No shade so take lots of water. Maybe do it for the exercise and jump in the sea after? As there are no showers (or decent beer) in the town.

We have done this walk (the 4hour version) on a hot and sunny day. The last few meters were really exhausting, but all in all its a very nice walk. The yellow flowers smell all like mango and the breathtaking view at the top was the reward for the last meters nearly climbing through the prickly plants.

I drove up the Stony Peak Road till the top where a little car park was. The road was mostly a winding, narrow gravel road. From the car park it was an easy 1 hour return walk to the Summit.

Beautiful view and very peaceful place. U can see dolphins sometimes and very nice place to have a picnic

Nice stroll, with a great view at the end. 3h return trip from the street.

Goods tips. Car park after a little hard drive. After follow purple leak road and white paint on the top on the wood sticks. I start with summit walk by skyline (long) and after the top, go down by Tata treck, and paripai shortcut. 3h. Very beautiful.