Brasell Point Nature Walk
Alerts
Check the DOC website for current alerts and conditions before you go. This site gets current alert info from DOC, but is not an official source of information.
This walking track in Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound, is a short, self guided nature walk through forest to the Helena Falls lookout.
Elevation
Cover mapped summer 2023/24.
Sampled from the national 8m elevation model. No LiDAR survey covers this route yet.
Description
This self guided nature walk starts at the Deep Cove Hostel, heads up to the Helena Falls lookout, and returns along the road. There is impressive mixed podocarp forest along the way, and great views over Deep Cove.
A guide book is available from the hostel manager which interprets twenty plants and features of the track, marked by numbered posts. If not stopping at these points the walking time will be approximately 20 mins.
Getting there
This track is in Deep Cove, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, starting from Deep Cove Hostel.
The easiest way to get to Doubtful Sound is to travel by boat from Pearl Harbour wharf in Manapouri, across the lake to West Arm, then travel by coach over the Wilmot Pass to Deep Cove.
This needs to be booked in advance with one of the local transport operators.
Weather
Forecast at the start of the track