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.

27 items with the highest ranking score first

Miners Hut

South IslandWest Coast

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

South IslandWest Coast

1.2 km return | 20 minutes return

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

South IslandWest Coast

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

1 km return | 30 minutes return

Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

South IslandWest Coast

1.6 km return | 40 minutes return

Couldn't really get much bluer....!

South IslandWest Coast

650 m one-way | 15 minutes one-way

South IslandWest Coast

Terrace Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

1.8 km return | 30 minutes return

Perfect reflections

South IslandWest Coast

Mirror Tarn walk

Oparara Basin

Time: 30 min

Lake Matheson on the early morning

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 1 hr 30 min round trip

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

1 hr return

South IslandWest Coast

2 km return | 1 hour return

One of the Blowholes in action

1.1 km return | 20 minutes return

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Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

2 km return | 50 minutes return

Peter's Pool

South IslandWest Coast

Peters Pool

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

1.1 km return | 25 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Rakaitane Track

Lake Brunner

Time: 30 mins Distance: 1.2km return

Fox River from a helicopter flight

South IslandWest Coast

River Walk

Fox Glacier

1.8 km return | 40 minutes return

Fox Glacier

South IslandWest Coast

Fox Glacier / Te Ara o Tuawe Walk

Fox Glacier Terminal Face

2.6 km return | 1 hour return

A Tailrace gut in the cliffs

South IslandWest Coast

Tailrace Walk

Nelson Creek

900 metres return | 20 minutes return

The buckets from the old dredge

South IslandWest Coast

Bucket Dredge Walk

Gillespies Beach

1.6 km return | 30 minutes return

Lake Brunner

South IslandWest Coast

Velenski Walk

Lake Brunner

1.2 km return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

2.2 km return | 1 hour return

View from the hill up the zig-zags

South IslandWest Coast

Zig-Zag Track

Kohaihai

1.2 km return | 40 minutes return

Mining relics

South IslandWest Coast

Colls Dam Walk

Nelson Creek

1.1 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 1 hr 30 min

Old House at Waiuta

South IslandWest Coast

Waiuta Town Walk

Victoria Forest Park

2 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Denniston Plateau was the scene of historic mining

South IslandWest Coast

Brakehead Walk

Denniston Coalmining Historic Area

1.1 km return | 40 minutes return