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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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

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

South IslandWest Coast

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

1 km return | 30 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.

North IslandTaranaki

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NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

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

Lake Hayes in magic morning light

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 2 hour loop

The gantry over Marian Falls

South IslandFiordland

720 m return | 20 minutes return

4 km return | 1½ hours return

North IslandNorthland

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

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Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

approx 8 km return | 20 minutes to 3 hours return

North IslandNorthland

(Lake Rotopokaka)

Coca Cola Lake

Stone walls at Turakirae Head

approx 5 km return | 2 hours return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

Beach at Aramoana

South IslandCoastal Otago

Aramoana

Port Chalmers

Upto 4 km return | upto 1 hour return

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

South IslandFiordland

Lake Manapouri

Frasers Beach Track

Time: 30 minutes

South IslandNelson Region

3.4 km return | 1 hour 20 minutes return

Tiny

South IslandNelson Region

Pillar Point Lighthouse Track

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

3 km return | 1 hour 30 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)

Okia

5 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

Bridge to Nowhere

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Bridge to Nowhere Walk

Mangapurua/Kaiwhakauka Valleys

approx 4.6 km return | 1 hour 15 minutes return