Danseys Pass is a memorable drive through rolling tussock country over the mountains from Duntroon (Highway 83 ) to Naseby, North Otago. Once used by pack trackers and gold prospectors it was named after William Dansey who discovered the route and used it to explore the Maniototo. It links the Waitaki Valley to the Maniototo Plains. The road is unsealed, windy, narrow in places and can be closed in winter. It reaches 3,000 feet above sea level at it's highest point. Dansey Pass Hotel was built in 1862 to serve the gold miners working the Upper Kyeburn river and once served a community of 2,000 people. It remains a welcome stop on the Danseys Pass Road . The Goldfields are long gone but many relics remain and the sluiced cliffs and heaped tailings of the Kyeburn diggings can be seen from the roadside. Nasesby is the most charming of all the old goldrush settlements and as the road sign says ' Welcome to Naseby - 2.000 feet above worry level '. With it's wealth of surviving Victorian architecture and old sundried mud brick buildings it is indeed charming. More information on the Otago Central Rail Trail -http://www.otagorailtrail.co.nz/ - can be found at this website .