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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Wairere Falls

North IslandWaikato

5 km return | 3 hours return

Looking out from the tower

North IslandWaikato

Forest Tower

Pureora Forest Park

600 m return | 10 minutes return

A rusting hulk in the middle of nowhere

North IslandWaikato

Historic Crawler Tractor

Pureora Forest Pak

400 metres return | 10 minutes return

North IslandWaikato

Time: 2hr 30 min - 3 hr 30 min, depending on track taken

Farmland from above the lookout

North IslandWaikato

3.2 km return | 3 hours return

North IslandWaikato

10 km return | 3 hours return

North IslandWaikato

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

Entrance to Opapaka Pa

North IslandWaikato

2 km return | 40 minutes return

Omaru Falls

North IslandWaikato

Time: 1 hr return

North IslandWaikato

Mount / Mt Te Aroha Summit Track

Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park

7.8 km return | 5 hours return

Limestone arches

North IslandWaikato

Ruakuri Walk

Waitomo

1 km return | 45 minutes return

Some of the best views from the highest point in the Waikato

North IslandWaikato

13.4 km return | 6 hours return

Waihora Lagoon after the rain

North IslandWaikato

Waihora Lagoon Track

Pureora Forest Park

Time: 10 min one way

North IslandWaikato

Leitch's Track

Whareorino Forest

Time: 3 hr to Leitch's Hut

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North IslandWaikato

Waipapa Loop Track

Pureora Forest Park

Time: 30 min return

Fluted hexagonal jointed rocks by the falls

North IslandWaikato

1.6 km return | 10-30 minutes return

Massive limestone arches

North IslandWaikato

700 m return | 20 minutes return

Marokopa Falls

North IslandWaikato

Marokopa Falls

Waitomo area

840 m return | 20 minutes return

Waikato mists

North IslandWaikato

Summit Track

Hakarimata Scenic Reserve, Ngaruawahia

4 km return | 3 hours return (generous)

North IslandWaikato

Totara Walk

Pureora Forest Park

960 metres return | 30 minutes return

Fairfield Bridge along the  Hamilton Walkway

North IslandWaikato

Time: However long you want to take, Distance: 15km round trip.

North IslandWaikato

Centre of the North Island

Pureora Forest Park

500 m return | 10 minutes return

North IslandWaikato

Time: 3 hr to complete loop, or 2 hr return to falls

North IslandWaikato

Mount / Mt Pureora Track

Pureora Forest Park

Time: 2hr 30 min return

Waikato sunrise from Kakepuku

North IslandWaikato

7.4 km return | 3 hours return

Stalactites in Piripiri Cave

North IslandWaikato

600 m return | 5 minutes return

Maungatautari Island

47kms of predator proof fence enclosing 3400 hectares in a sea of pastureland, it is the largest ecological inland island in New Zealand...

North IslandWaikato

Nikau Walk

Pirongia Forest Park

Time: 2 hr 30 min return

North IslandWaikato

Time: 1 - 7 hr depending on track taken

Time: 20 min or 40 min depending on track taken