Walking

ActivitiesLand Activities

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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Cascade Saddle Lookout

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 2 days, Distance: Approx. 60 km

South IslandWest Coast

Karamea end of Heaphy Track

Kahurangi National Park

Time: 4 - 6 days, Distance: 78.4 km

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is a rugged land of ice and rock, with 19 peaks over 3,000 metres including New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki...

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Knights-Shorts Loop Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 8 - 10 hr

South IslandMarlborough

Pelorus Track

Mount / Mt Richmond Forest Park

Time: 3-4 days one way

Rakiura - untouched

Time: 9 - 11 days, Distance: 125 km

Central Crater - Northern Circuit

North IslandRuapehu

Time: 3 - 4 days

Looking down at tarns near Lake Angelus

South IslandNelson Region

Lake Angelus

Nelson Lakes National Park

Time: 2 - 3 days (5 - 9 hr each day with 3 route options)

View along the Routeburn Track

South IslandQueenstown Region

Routeburn Track

Fiordland National Park / Mt Aspiring National Park

Time: 3 days, Distance: 32 km

Mt Taranaki

North IslandTaranaki

Around the Mountain Circuit

Egmont National Park

Time: 4 - 5 days, Distance: 45 km - 49 km depending on if upper or lower track is taken

A word of warning on the Dusky Track.....

South IslandFiordland

Dusky Track

Fiordland National Park

Time: Up to 8 - 9 days, Distance: 84 km

Rees Dart Vista

South IslandQueenstown Region

Rees-Dart Track

Mount / Mt Aspiring National Park

Time: 4 - 5 days

South IslandNelson Region

Mount / Mt Owen

Kahurangi National Park

Time: Northern access: 9 hr, Southern access 7 hr, Distance: Courthouse Flat to Granity Pass Hut - 8.3 km

South IslandNelson Region

Lake Rotoiti circuit

Nelson Lakes National Park

Time: 7 - 10 hrs return

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South IslandMarlborough

Time: 2 days one way, Distance: 27 km

North IslandTaranaki

Pouakai Circuit

Egmont National Park

Time: 2 - 3 days, Distance: 25 km

Gillespie Pass Circuit

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 3 - 4 days, Distance: 58 km

Tramper below Luxmore Hut

South IslandFiordland

Luxmore Hut

Kepler Track

27.6 km return | 9 hours return

Time: 3 days

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Rangiwahia Hut

Deadmans Track - Rangiwahia, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 2 days

South IslandQueenstown Region

Greenstone & Caples Tracks

Fiordland National Park

Time: 4 - 5 days

North IslandRuapehu

Time: 4 - 6 days

Cape Brett and the Lighthouse

North IslandNorthland

16.5 km | 6½ hours one-way

South IslandKaikoura Region

Superb views over the Kaikoura Plain and Peninsula reward those who climb on Mt Fyffe.

North IslandBay of Plenty

North South Track

Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park

Time: 5 - 6 days, Distance: 82 km approximately

North IslandWellington Region

Time: 3 days

South IslandQueenstown Region

Pyke

Big Bay Route - Fiordland National Park

Distance: 88 km

North IslandNorthland

Waipapa River Track

Puketi Forest

Time: 2 days

South IslandNelson Region

Wangapeka Track

Kahurangi National Park

Time: 4 - 6 days one way, Distance: 59 km

Rugged serenity

Time: 4 - 6 days round trip from Freshwater, Distance: 71.5 km round trip