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.

39 items with the highest ranking score first, showing page 1 of 2.

Miners Hut

South IslandWest Coast

5 12 reviews

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

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

South IslandWest Coast

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

5 4 reviews

1 km return | 30 minutes return

NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

South IslandWest Coast

4.9 23 reviews

Time: 20 min

South IslandWest Coast

Tunnel Terrace Walk

Goldsborough

4.9 11 reviews

700 m return | 20 minutes return

Watch for swamp monsters!

South IslandWest Coast

4.9 10 reviews

800 m return | 20 minutes return

Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

4.9 38 reviews

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

4.9 2 reviews

Time: 40 min return

Perfect reflections

South IslandWest Coast

Mirror Tarn walk

Oparara Basin

4.8 4 reviews

Time: 30 min

Pancakes anyone

South IslandWest Coast

4.7 440 reviews

1.1 km return | 20 minutes return

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

4.7 15 reviews

1 hr return

South IslandWest Coast

4.6 2 reviews

Time: 2 hours return

Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

4.6 33 reviews

2 km return | 50 minutes return

Lake Matheson on the early morning

South IslandWest Coast

4.5 110 reviews

Time: 1 hr 30 min round trip

Cliffs at Cape Foulwind

South IslandWest Coast

4.5 84 reviews

3.4 km one-way | 1 hour 15 minutes one-way

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Monro Beach - Look for Penguins!

South IslandWest Coast

4.5 20 reviews

4.7 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

very Jerasic

South IslandWest Coast

4.5 42 reviews

7 km return | 2 hours return

South IslandWest Coast

4.4 3 reviews

Time: 20 minutes round trip

Fox River from a helicopter flight

South IslandWest Coast

River Walk

Fox Glacier

4.4 1 review

1.8 km return | 40 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Rakaitane Track

Lake Brunner

4.4 1 review

Time: 30 mins Distance: 1.2km return

South IslandWest Coast

4.4 1 review

The best view of the Southern Alps?

South IslandWest Coast

Okarito Trig Walk

Okarito, Westland Tai Poutini National Park

4.3 6 reviews

4.2 km return | 1h 30 minutes return

Fox Glacier

South IslandWest Coast

Fox Glacier / Te Ara o Tuawe Walk

Fox Glacier Terminal Face

4.2 178 reviews

2.6 km return | 1 hour return

Stamper Battery on the Lyell Creek

South IslandWest Coast

Lyell Walkway

Buller Gorge

4.2 11 reviews

4 km return | 1h 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Walks north of Haast township

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

4.2 2 reviews

Time: 20 - 40 min

Views towards the Franz Josef Glacier

South IslandWest Coast

Sentinel Rock Walk

Franz Josef Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park

4.1 9 reviews

900 m return | 20 minutes return

The walk to the terminal face of Franz Josef Glacier

South IslandWest Coast

Franz Josef Glacier Walk

Terminal Face Walk

4.1 191 reviews

5.4 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Haast Pass

South IslandWest Coast

4 4 reviews

3.5 km return | 1 hour return

A Tailrace gut in the cliffs

South IslandWest Coast

Tailrace Walk

Nelson Creek

4 1 review

900 metres return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Mahinapua Walkway

Mahinapua Scenic Reserve

3.9 3 reviews

Time: 2 hr - 2 hr 30 min

South IslandWest Coast

3.7 3 reviews

Time: 30 min round trip