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.

18 items with the highest ranking score first

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

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

South IslandWest Coast

Terrace Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

1.8 km return | 30 minutes return

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

1 hr return

South IslandWest Coast

2 km return | 1 hour return

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Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

2 km return | 50 minutes 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

South IslandWest Coast

Walks north of Haast township

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Time: 20 - 40 min

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 30 min round trip

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

Denniston Plateau was the scene of historic mining

South IslandWest Coast

Brakehead Walk

Denniston Coalmining Historic Area

1.1 km return | 40 minutes return

Nikau in their element

South IslandWest Coast

Nikau Walk

Kahurangi National Park

985 m return | 50 minutes return

The buckets from the old dredge

South IslandWest Coast

Bucket Dredge Walk

Gillespies Beach

1.6 km return | 30 minutes return