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A diamond in the rough. Get on the offensive, cover yourself in sandfly repellent and tackle the weather & best scenery in NZ head on.

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161 items with the highest ranking score first, showing page 1 of 9.

Miners Hut

Ross Water Race Walkway

99%

12 Reviews

7 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 45 minutes return Features Rainforest, gold history, relics, old cemetery.

Coastal goodness along Point Elizabeth walk

Point Elizabeth Walkway

99%

8 Reviews

5 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 3hr return, Distance: 4km each way

Minnehaha Glowworm Walk

Fox Glacier

99%

8 Reviews

6 Face-to-Face

Analysis

1.2 km return | 20 minutes return

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

99%

4 Reviews

 Analysis

1 km return | 30 minutes return

NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Tauranga Bay Seal Colony Walk

98%

23 Reviews

16 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 20 min

Tunnel Terrace Walk

Goldsborough

98%

11 Reviews

 Analysis

700 m return | 20 minutes return

Watch for swamp monsters!

Kahikatea Swamp Forest Walk

Ship Creek

98%

10 Reviews

6 Face-to-Face

Analysis

800 m return | 20 minutes return

Stones - Truman Beach

Truman Track

97%

38 Reviews

29 Face-to-Face

Analysis

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

Croesus Track

Paparoa National Park

97%

7 Reviews

7 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 7 - 8 hr, Distance: 18 km

Karamea end of Heaphy Track

Kahurangi National Park

97%

5 Reviews

4 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 4 - 6 days, Distance: 78.4 km

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Wharekai-Te Kaau Walk

Jackson Bay

97%

2 Reviews

 Analysis

1.6 km return | 40 minutes return

German Gully Pack Track

97%

2 Reviews

 Analysis

Denniston Town Walk

97%

2 Reviews

 Analysis

Time: 40 min return

Boardwalk protects the wetland

Okarito Wetland Walk

97%

2 Reviews

 Analysis

1 km return | 20 minutes return

Couldn't really get much bluer....!

Hokitika Gorge Walk

96%

46 Reviews

33 Face-to-Face

Analysis

650 m one-way | 15 minutes one-way

View from the top of Alex's Knob

Alex Knob Track

Franz Josef Glacier Area

96%

23 Reviews

19 Face-to-Face

Analysis

Time: 8 hr return

Leslie Karamea Track

Kahurangi National Park

96%

1 Review

 Analysis

Time: 6 - 9 days one way, Distance: 91 km

Terrace Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

96%

1 Review

 Analysis

1.8 km return | 30 minutes return

Jum Michel Track Walk

Mahinapua Scenic Reserve

96%

1 Review

 Analysis

Time: 20 min one way

Goldsborough Shamrock Track

96%

1 Review

 Analysis

Time: 4 hours one way