A guided adventure company on Takaka Hill, in the Pikikirunga Range, offering via ferrata climbs, caving and bushwalks on the marble karst landscape. The hill is known locally as Marble Mountain. Its guided via ferrata climb uses iron rungs and a fixed steel rope on a cliff route, and the newest, the Cliff Traverse, opened in December 2024 with a Difficult (C) grade. Space on the climbs is limited. The guides are expert climbers and mountaineers, trained in first aid and rescue, and they know the routes, the emergency exits and the local weather and history. A guided trip is the way to get that local knowledge, safety and equipment.
Weather is checked the evening before and again at 7am on the day. If the weather turns bad after a trip has started, the group switches from climbing to caving and bushwalking. Cancellations are made by phone, text or email. The company says $5 from every ticket goes to the Takaka Hill Biodiversity Group Trust, which runs predator control, pest plant control, species monitoring and habitat restoration on the hill. The karst landscape has been protected by an Open Space Covenant since 1985, and parts of it appear in The Lord of the Rings films.