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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South IslandCanterbury

Cave Stream Scenic Reserve

Cave Walk - Craigieburn

Cave walk takes 1 hr The cave is 594m long and is one of the regions natural gems. Limestone formations nearby were the setting for the filming...

view from Maunganui Bluff

North IslandNorthland

5.2 km return | 2 hours 30 minutes return

Pouakai Plateau Tarn after snowfall. 15 minutes from Hut.

North IslandTaranaki

Mangorei Track to Pouakai Hut

Pouakai Range, Egmont National Park

10 km return | 4-5 hours return

Kerr Bay

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 5 hrs return

Cascade Saddle Lookout

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 2 days, Distance: Approx. 60 km

South IslandWest Coast

Croesus Track

Paparoa National Park

Time: 7 - 8 hr, Distance: 18 km

South IslandWest Coast

Karamea end of Heaphy Track

Kahurangi National Park

Time: 4 - 6 days, Distance: 78.4 km

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is a rugged land of ice and rock, with 19 peaks over 3,000 metres including New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki...

View from the top of Alex's Knob

South IslandWest Coast

Alex Knob Track

Franz Josef Glacier Area

Time: 8 hr return

South IslandFiordland

Earland Falls walk

Milford Road

Time: 6 hr return

North IslandWellington Region

Field Hut and Table Top

Otaki Forks, Tararua Forest Park

Time: 5 – 6 hr return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Mangahao Makahika Track

Mangaore, Tararua Forest Park

Time: 6 - 7 hrs going south, 7- 8 hrs going north, Distance: 15 km

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Benmore Range access track

Access to Benmore Range Conservation Area

Time: 7 hr return, Distance: 17 km return, 800 m vertical

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Green Lake

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Ngamoko Track

Lake Waikaremoana

approx 11 km return | 4 hours return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Knights-Shorts Loop Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 8 - 10 hr

South IslandCanterbury

Time: 5 - 6 hr return

South IslandFiordland

Monument Track

Fiordland National Park

Time: 1 hr 30 min - 2 hr return

South IslandMarlborough

Pelorus Track

Mount / Mt Richmond Forest Park

Time: 3-4 days one way

Powell Hut

North IslandWairarapa

Powell Hut

Mount Holdsworth

15 km return | 6 hours return

Gertrude Valley

South IslandFiordland

7 km return | 4-6 hours return

Sealy Tarns

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Sealy Tarns Track

Mount / Mt Cook National Park

4 km return | 3 hours return

Central Crater - Northern Circuit

North IslandRuapehu

Time: 3 - 4 days

10.4 km return | 7 hours return

Looking down at tarns near Lake Angelus

South IslandNelson Region

Lake Angelus

Nelson Lakes National Park

Time: 2 - 3 days (5 - 9 hr each day with 3 route options)

Rakiura - untouched

Time: 9 - 11 days, Distance: 125 km

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 3 hr circuit

Ngaruhoe

North IslandRuapehu

Tongariro Alpine Crossing

Tongariro National Park

19.4 km one-way | 7-8 hours one-way

View along the Routeburn Track

South IslandQueenstown Region

Routeburn Track

Fiordland National Park / Mt Aspiring National Park

Time: 3 days, Distance: 32 km

Mount Taranaki at sunrise

North IslandTaranaki

Mount Taranaki Summit Track

North Egmont, Egmont National Park

12.6 km return | 7h 45 minutes return