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.

142 items with the highest ranking score first, showing page 1 of 5.

Miners Hut

South IslandWest Coast

5 12 reviews

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

Bream Head from the air

North IslandNorthland

Busby Head Track

Bream Head Scenic Reserve - Whangarei Heads

5 8 reviews

Time: 1 hr Distance: 3 km

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

5 4 reviews

1.3 km return | 30 minutes return

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

The old lighthouse at Waipapa

South IslandSouthland

4.9 6 reviews

1 km return | 20 minutes return

Wharariki Beach and Puponga Farm Park in behind.

South IslandNelson Region

Wharariki Beach Walk

Archway Islands

4.9 118 reviews

2 km return | 40 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

Hermitage - Walk starts behind it

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Glencoe Walk

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

4.9 2 reviews

Time: 30 min return

Sunshine bay

South IslandQueenstown Region

4.8 1 review

Time: 45 min

North IslandNorthland

4.8 1 review

Time: 30 min Distance: 1.4 km

Tiny

South IslandNelson Region

Pillar Point Lighthouse Track

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

4.8 15 reviews

3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Perfect reflections

South IslandWest Coast

Mirror Tarn walk

Oparara Basin

4.8 4 reviews

Time: 30 min

South IslandWanaka Region

4.8 3 reviews

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

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Castlepoint Lighthouse at sunrise

North IslandWairarapa

4.7 19 reviews

1.2 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandNelson Region

(Paynes Ford)

Paines Ford Scenic Reserve

Takaka

4.7 10 reviews

Time: 1 hour return

Pancakes anyone

South IslandWest Coast

4.7 440 reviews

1.1 km return | 20 minutes return

Devils Punch Bowl viewing from the road

South IslandCanterbury

4.7 43 reviews

2 km return | 1 hour return

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

4.7 15 reviews

1 hr return

Alpine scenery in the Bealey VAlley

South IslandCanterbury

Bealey Valley Walk

Arthur's Pass

4.7 6 reviews

2.4 km return | 50 minutes return (to river)

Dunes at Sandymount

South IslandCoastal Otago

Sandfly Bay Track

Otago Peninsula

4.6 59 reviews

2.5 km return | 1 hour return

Tarawera Falls

North IslandRotorua Region

4.6 8 reviews

Time: 40 minutes return | Time: 1.4 km return

Entrance to Opapaka Pa

North IslandWaikato

4.6 2 reviews

2 km return | 40 minutes return

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Ngutuoha Nature Trail

Te Urewera National Park

4.6 2 reviews

2 km return | 1 hour return

McLean Falls - pretty primo

South IslandSouthland

4.6 42 reviews

1.5 km return | 40 minutes return

Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

4.6 33 reviews

2 km return | 50 minutes return

Stunner!

South IslandCoastal Otago

4.6 30 reviews

2 km return | 1 hour return

A view up the Tasman

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Blue Lakes and Tasman Glacier Walks

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook National Park

4.6 23 reviews

40 minutes return | 2 km return

South IslandQueenstown Region

4.6 4 reviews

50 mins return

Lake Matheson on the early morning

South IslandWest Coast

4.5 110 reviews

Time: 1 hr 30 min round trip