Walking

ActivitiesLand Activities

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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North IslandTaranaki

Wilkies Pools Loop Track

Kaponga, Egmont National Park

Time: 1 - 1hr 30 min return

The lower falls

2 km return | 45 minutes return

Mt Sunday (Edoras)

Distance: 2km

Red Tarns in winter

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Red Tarns Track

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

2.3 km return | 2 hours return

North IslandCoromandel

Time: 30 minutes one way. New Chums beach is the secluded beach immediately north of Whangapoua. The only public access is by foot.

View from Lou's lookout

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Lou's Lookout

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 40 minutes return

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Onepoto Caves Track

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 1 hours return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 45 min

North IslandNorthland

Smugglers Bay Loop Track

Bream Head Scenic Reserve

3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Time : 1 hour. Vehicle access to Lookout.

North IslandTaranaki

Stratford Plateau track

Dawson Falls, Egmont National Park

Time: 3 hr return

Torches essential to explore the mines

Time: 1 hour round trip, Distance: 2.5km

South IslandQueenstown Region

Tiki Trail

Queenstown

Gondola Base Building - 1 hour return

Sand everywhere!

North IslandNorthland

Te Paki Coastal Track

Cape Reinga to Te Werahi Beach

2 km one-way | 45 minutes one-way

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Compass replacing the flagstaff

North IslandNorthland

2.5 km | 45 minutes

South IslandCanterbury

Time: 40 min return From Akaroa, take the Akaroa Lighthouse Road - 11 km of steep, narrow rough road, suitable for 4 wheel-drive vehicles.

North IslandTaranaki

Kapuni Loop Track

Dawson Falls, Egmont National Park

1.3 km return | 1 hour return

Looking down Makarori beach to headland & hill walk

Time: 30 mins return

Some pretty big redwoods...

North IslandRotorua Region

The Redwoods

Walking Tracks - Whakarewarewa Forest

A series of walking tracks and trails through giant Californian Redwood trees

North IslandTaranaki

Enchanted Track

East Egmont, Egmont National Park

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

South IslandNelson Region

Follow a creek over picturesque farmland to reach the lake surrounded by dramatic cliffs.

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 2 hr return

Entrance to Sawcut George very cool!

Time: 2 hrs 30 mins - 3 hrs one way

Time: 4 hr

South IslandMarlborough

Time: 30 min

North IslandAuckland Region

Kitekite

Knutzen Track

Time: 1 hour return Distance: 1.8km

North IslandTaranaki

Veronica Loop Track

North Egmont, Egmont National Park

Time: 2 hr return

Time: 2 hours return Distance: 3km return

North IslandCoromandel

Tarawaere Dam track

Kauaeranga Valley

Time: 2 hrs return

South IslandNelson Region

Skyline Walk

Murchison

Time: 1 hr 30 min return