The road where the east and the west Manuherikia tracts split is not very well defined coming from the south (St Bathans) side. I did it on the 28/12/2018 and ended up on the west Manuherikia track. Was hard yakka (for me with my limited offroad experience on a stock Royal Enfield Himalayan) as the track is quite rough and thru the creek crossings as the there are big rocks with limited traction. Awesome ride tho. Unfortunately I did not get a GPS point of where the tracks split. A GPS point would be very useful.
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