Walking

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Walking and Trekking

Walking and trekking the tracks throughout New Zealand is top of the to-do list for many travellers to New Zealand. From gentle, scenic short walks to multi-day adventures, experience Aotearoa on foot and immerse yourself in the bush, beach and wilderness you came to see.

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NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

North IslandTaranaki

We are a pest free sanctuary. We have spent millions of dollars and hours eradicating mice, rats, stoats, weasels and possums from inside the...

Miners Hut

South IslandWest Coast

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

Bubbling mud

Time: 2 min one way, Distance: 20 m

Bream Head from the air

North IslandNorthland

Busby Head Track

Bream Head Scenic Reserve - Whangarei Heads

Time: 1 hr Distance: 3 km

South IslandMarlborough

Tawa Walk

Pelorus Scenic Reserve

1 km return | 30 minutes return

The gantry over Marian Falls

South IslandFiordland

720 m return | 20 minutes return

The surf lifesaving tower at Te Henga

North IslandAuckland Region

Bethells Rd to Constable Rd 8 km or 3 - 4 hr one way, Bethells Rd to O’Neill’s Bay 2 km or 45 min one way.

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

South IslandWest Coast

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

1 km return | 30 minutes return

View from Moeraki Lighthouse

Penguin + Seal Viewing. Time: From 20 mins to 1 hour

South IslandWest Coast

Tunnel Terrace Walk

Goldsborough

700 m return | 20 minutes return

Watch for swamp monsters!

South IslandWest Coast

800 m return | 20 minutes return

approx 8 km return | 20 minutes to 3 hours return

Lake Hayes in magic morning light

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 2 hour loop

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North IslandNorthland

(Lake Rotopokaka)

Coca Cola Lake

North IslandNorthland

3.5 km one-way | 1 hour 30 minute one-way

Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

Tiny

South IslandNelson Region

Pillar Point Lighthouse Track

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Okia

5 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

Stone walls at Turakirae Head

approx 5 km return | 2 hours return

South IslandFiordland

Lake Manapouri

Frasers Beach Track

Time: 30 minutes

Hermitage - Walk starts behind it

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Glencoe Walk

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

Time: 30 min return

Stirling point

6.2 km return | 2 hours return

Beach at Aramoana

South IslandCoastal Otago

Aramoana

Port Chalmers

Upto 4 km return | upto 1 hour return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

South IslandSouthland

Monkey Island, Orepuki

Overnight Campervan Parking and Walk

Freedom campers are allowed to stay for up to 28 days per calendar year. Monkey Island can be reached by foot at a low tide, and offers good...

South IslandNelson Region

3.4 km return | 1 hour 20 minutes return

Untouched goodness on Ulva Island

South IslandStewart Island

Ulva Island

Self Guided Walks

Approx 7 km return | approx 3 hours return (these are maximums)

Sunshine bay

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 45 min