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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North IslandNorthland

Piroa Falls Track

Waipu Gorge Scenic Reserve

Time: 10 min Distance: 200 m

Alpine flora

South IslandCanterbury

Dobson Nature Walk

Arthur's Pass

700 m return | 20 minutes return

Shear coastal cliffs - Cape Farewell

South IslandNelson Region

Cape Farewell Walk

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

400 m return | 10 minutes return

Split Apple Action

Time: 15 min each way

Boat sailing through the treacherous pass

South IslandMarlborough

approx 1 km return |15 minutes return

North IslandCoromandel

Broken Hills Battery Walk

Broken Hills Recreation Area

550 m return | 20 minutes return

Pelorus River along the Totara Walk

South IslandMarlborough

Totara Walk

Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve

800 m return | 30 minutes return

Peter's Pool

South IslandWest Coast

Peters Pool

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

1.1 km return | 25 minutes return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 20 min one way Distance 1km

Walk along the golden sands to some primo walks

South IslandNelson Region

From 20 mins to 1 hour return

The Four Sisters

North IslandNorthland

Four Sisters Walk

Waipoua Forest

350 m return | 10 minutes return

Hot, hot, Tokaanu Hotpools

North IslandTaupo Region

600 m return | 20 minutes return

This is a track that leads off the main Abel Tasman coastal track. From Torrent Bay estuary a 20 minute wander leads up a stream bed of large...

Birds eye view - Tawhai Falls

North IslandRuapehu

Tawhai Falls walk

Whakapapa Village

800 m return | 15 minutes return

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Nugget Point / Tokata

South IslandSouthland

Nugget Point / Tokata

Roaring Bay Penguin Hide and Walk

500 m return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Bellbird Walk

Lake Mahinapua Scenic Reserve

600 m return | 10 minutes return

North IslandNorthland

300 m return | 15 minutes return

Looking down Makarori beach to headland & hill walk

Time: 30 mins return

A Big Tree!

South IslandCanterbury

Big Tree Walk

Peel Forest Park

870 m return | 20 minutes return

North IslandWellington Region

Various short walks from 5 mins to 1 hour

Te Pare Historic Reserve and Hahei Beach

1.5 km return | 30 minutes return

1 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandCanterbury

Hay Scenic Reserve walk

Banks Peninsula

Time: 20 min return

South IslandWest Coast

Rakaitane Track

Lake Brunner

Time: 30 mins Distance: 1.2km return

The power of water and gravity

South IslandFiordland

The Chasm

Milford Road - Fiordland National Park

400 m return | 20 minutes return

Fluted hexagonal jointed rocks by the falls

North IslandWaikato

1.6 km return | 10-30 minutes return

We have lift-off - Muriwai Gannet Colony

North IslandAuckland Region

Takapu Refuge Walk

Muriwai Gannet Colony

approx 1.5 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandMarlborough

Cullen Point Lookout Track

Queen Charlotte Drive

400 m return | 10 minutes return

Walking in Westcoast rainforest to the falls

South IslandWest Coast

1 km return | 25 minutes return

South IslandSouthland

Time: 15 minutes return