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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Miners Hut

South IslandWest Coast

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

NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

Penguin + Seal Viewing. Time: From 20 mins to 1 hour

Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

Beach at Aramoana

South IslandCoastal Otago

Aramoana

Port Chalmers

Upto 4 km return | upto 1 hour return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

Sunshine bay

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 45 min

North IslandNorthland

Time: 30 min Distance: 1.4 km

North IslandAuckland Region

Rising a spectacular 100 metres above the historic Puhoi village is the Puhoi Loop Track.

Castlepoint Lighthouse at sunrise

1.2 km return | 30 minutes return

Wharariki Beach and Puponga Farm Park in behind.

South IslandNelson Region

Wharariki Beach Walk

Archway Islands

2 km return | 40 minutes return

Dawson Falls

North IslandTaranaki

Kapuni Loop Track to Dawson Falls

Kaponga, Egmont National Park

Time: 45 min to 1 hr loop track

South IslandNelson Region

(Paynes Ford)

Paines Ford Scenic Reserve

Takaka

Time: 1 hour return

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Alpine scenery in the Bealey VAlley

South IslandCanterbury

Bealey Valley Walk

Arthur's Pass

2.4 km return | 50 minutes return (to river)

Dunes at Sandymount

South IslandCoastal Otago

Sandfly Bay Track

Otago Peninsula

2.5 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

40 minutes return | 2 km return

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

1 hr return

McLean Falls - pretty primo

South IslandSouthland

1.5 km return | 40 minutes return

Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

2 km return | 50 minutes return

South IslandQueenstown Region

50 mins return

Entrance to Opapaka Pa

North IslandWaikato

2 km return | 40 minutes return

The Murchison Mountains are a backdrop to this lakeshore walk

3.5 km one-way | 50 minutes one-way

Time: 1 hour return

First to see the light

Unfortunately due to the East Cape Lighthouse access being on private property & being recipients of devastating & unfortunate weather events...

Currently closed to the public

North IslandRotorua Region

Okere Falls Track

Lake Rotoiti

2.4 km return | 1 hour return

Paku from the air

North IslandCoromandel

approx 2 km return | 45 minutes return

Limestone arches

North IslandWaikato

Ruakuri Walk

Waitomo

1 km return | 45 minutes return

1.5 km return | 1 hour return

South IslandMarlborough

Peninsula Walk

Mistletoe Bay - Queen Charlotte Sound

3 km return | 1 hour return