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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Tiny

North IslandTaranaki

Wilkies Pools Loop Track

Kaponga, Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki

Time: 1 - 1hr 30 min return

South IslandNelson Region

Spit Track Circuit

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Distance: 6km

Boardwalk next to water race

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 1hr 50 min

Whites bay

South IslandMarlborough

Whites Bay tracks

Eastern Marlborough

Time: 10 min to 8-9 hr return depending which track taken

Lake Alta

South IslandQueenstown Region

3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Red Tarns in winter

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Red Tarns Track

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

2.3 km return | 2 hours return

Deliverance Cove

North IslandWairarapa

Deliverance Cove Track

Castlepoint Scenic Reserve

4 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

North IslandNorthland

Smugglers Bay Loop Track

Bream Head Scenic Reserve

3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 45 min

North IslandAuckland Region

Marawhara

White - Rose - Laird Thomson Circuit Track

Time: 2 hours return Distance: 3.2km

Mt Sunday (Edoras)

Distance: 2km

North IslandNorthland

Whangamumu Track

Cape Brett

8.4 km return | 2 hours return

Jackson Bay

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 1 hr 30 min - 2 hr

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Tauranga Loop Track

Waioeka Gorge

approx 6 km return | 2 hours return

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Torches essential to explore the mines

Time: 1 hour round trip, Distance: 2.5km

Top of the world......  - Tama Lakes

North IslandRuapehu

Tama Lakes

Whakapapa Village

17 km return | 5-6 hours return

South IslandQueenstown Region

Tiki Trail

Queenstown

Gondola Base Building - 1 hour return

Te Hoho Rock

North IslandCoromandel

5 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Sitting atop Mt Maunganui

3.8 km return |1 hour 30 minutes return

North IslandNorthland

4 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

North IslandAuckland Region

Distance: 3.2km Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Pohutukawa on scoria, Rangitoto

North IslandAuckland Region

Rangitoto Summit Track

Rangitoto Island

7 km return | 2 hours return

Mount Kaukau is the highest point overlooking Wellington Harbour.

North IslandTaranaki

Enchanted Track

East Egmont, Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki

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

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 2 hr return

View from the look out

South IslandWest Coast

Chalet Lookout Track

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Time: 1 hr 30 min return the Chalet Lookout Track leads to a lookout which offers excellent views of the lower icefall of Fox Glacier Te Moeka...

North IslandTaupo Region

Distance: 15km loop track

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Lake Tekapo Walkway

Cowans Hill Track

Time: up to 1 hr

South IslandWanaka Region

Blue-Young Link Track

Mount / Mt Aspiring National Park

Time: 1.5 - 2 hr, Distance: 7 km

North IslandAuckland Region

Kitekite

Knutzen Track

Time: 1 hour return Distance: 1.8km