Base Camp Collective
What is the base camp collective?
What is it?
The Basecamp Collective is our guided adventure experience.
Lake Hāwea View sits at the centre of some of the most spectacular terrain in the country, with the rivers, mountains and lakes of the region all within reach from a single base. We make the property your basecamp and build an active itinerary around your group, from hiking and biking to packrafting and time on the water.
Each itinerary is shaped by Braden Currie, a professional endurance athlete who knows this landscape and the lines through it. Head out with us each day, then return to a settled base with the lake and mountains laid out before you.
Choose a three day escape, a full week, or a custom itinerary shaped around your pace.
The Basecamp Collective is our guided adventure experience.
Lake Hāwea View sits at the centre of some of the most spectacular terrain in the country, with the rivers, mountains and lakes of the region all within reach from a single base. We make the property your basecamp and build an active itinerary around your group, from hiking and biking to packrafting and time on the water.
Each itinerary is shaped by Braden Currie, a professional endurance athlete who knows this landscape and the lines through it. Head out with us each day, then return to a settled base with the lake and mountains laid out before you.
Choose a three day escape, a full week, or a custom itinerary shaped around your pace.
The Basecamp Collective is our guided adventure experience.
Lake Hāwea View sits at the centre of some of the most spectacular terrain in the country, with the rivers, mountains and lakes of the region all within reach from a single base. We make the property your basecamp and build an active itinerary around your group, from hiking and biking to packrafting and time on the water.
Each itinerary is shaped by Braden Currie, a professional endurance athlete who knows this landscape and the lines through it. Head out with us each day, then return to a settled base with the lake and mountains laid out before you.
Choose a three day escape, a full week, or a custom itinerary shaped around your pace.
EXPLORE
EXPLORE
Adventure Inspo
Inspiration to draw from, what's on offer shifts with the seasons.
RECHARGE
Comfort at the Heart of It
Barrel Sauna
A Canadian cedar barrel sauna for eight, with a panoramic window to the lake.
Barrel Sauna
A Canadian cedar barrel sauna for eight, with a panoramic window to the lake.
Outdoor Ice Bath
A bracing plunge after a day on the trails, or a round in the sauna.
Outdoor Ice Bath
A bracing plunge after a day on the trails, or a round in the sauna.
Hot Tub
An oversized hot tub under the open sky, warm against the cool alpine air.
Hot Tub
An oversized hot tub under the open sky, warm against the cool alpine air.
Native Bush Trail
A private walking track through native bush, for a slow reset close to home.
Native Bush Trail
A private walking track through native bush, for a slow reset close to home.
ITINERARIES
ITINERARIES
Choose Your Inspo
Get in touch for a custom itinerary or a different length of stay.
Braden Currie is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed endurance athletes, with a sixteen-year career at the top of global endurance sport. Across 92 events, he claimed 51 wins and 72 podiums, including bronze at the IRONMAN World Championship in 2021, victory at IRONMAN New Zealand on debut, and multiple Asia Pacific titles
Before road racing, Braden built his name in adventure racing, XTERRA and events like the Coast to Coast, disciplines that demand far more than fitness. They require reading terrain, adapting to conditions, moving efficiently through mountains and rivers, and knowing how to pace people through long, challenging days in the outdoors.
That experience sits at the heart of the Basecamp Collective. Braden designs and facilitates each itinerary with the same calm judgement, leadership and deep knowledge of the landscape that shaped his career. Based in Wānaka, where he grew up exploring this country, he brings guests into the trails, routes and places most people never find, creating days that are challenging, considered and unforgettable.
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Voices
What People Remember
“The trails, the lake and the mountains all felt connected into one unforgettable day. It was guided, generous and beautifully paced.”
Rowan Field
“We came for the scenery and left with stories. Every route felt considered, local and just the right amount of wild.”
Mika Tan
“Packrafting beneath those ridgelines was a complete reset. Lake Hāwea View made the whole experience feel effortless.”
Clara Voss
Voices
What People Remember
“The trails, the lake and the mountains all felt connected into one unforgettable day. It was guided, generous and beautifully paced.”
Rowan Field
“We came for the scenery and left with stories. Every route felt considered, local and just the right amount of wild.”
Mika Tan
“Packrafting beneath those ridgelines was a complete reset. Lake Hāwea View made the whole experience feel effortless.”
Clara Voss
Voices
What People Remember
“The trails, the lake and the mountains all felt connected into one unforgettable day. It was guided, generous and beautifully paced.”
Rowan Field
“We came for the scenery and left with stories. Every route felt considered, local and just the right amount of wild.”
Mika Tan
“Packrafting beneath those ridgelines was a complete reset. Lake Hāwea View made the whole experience feel effortless.”
Clara Voss
