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.

Watch for swamp monsters!

South IslandWest Coast

800 m return | 20 minutes return

Coastal goodness along Point Elizabeth walk

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 3hr return, Distance: 4km each way

South IslandWest Coast

1.2 km return | 20 minutes return

Dune Lakes behind the wild West Coast beach

South IslandWest Coast

Dune Lake Walk

Ship Creek

1 km return | 30 minutes return

NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

South IslandWest Coast

Tunnel Terrace Walk

Goldsborough

700 m return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Croesus Track

Paparoa National Park

Time: 7 - 8 hr, Distance: 18 km

Stones - Truman Beach

South IslandWest Coast

1.4 km return | 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

1.6 km return | 40 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

Boardwalk protects the wetland

South IslandWest Coast

1 km return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Couldn't really get much bluer....!

South IslandWest Coast

650 m one-way | 15 minutes one-way

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View from the top of Alex's Knob

South IslandWest Coast

Alex Knob Track

Franz Josef Glacier Area

Time: 8 hr return

South IslandWest Coast

Karamea end of Heaphy Track

Kahurangi National Park

Time: 4 - 6 days, Distance: 78.4 km

South IslandWest Coast

Leslie Karamea Track

Kahurangi National Park

Time: 6 - 9 days one way, Distance: 91 km

South IslandWest Coast

Jum Michel Track Walk

Mahinapua Scenic Reserve

Time: 20 min one way

Time: 4 hours one way

South IslandWest Coast

Terrace Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

1.8 km return | 30 minutes return

Perfect reflections

South IslandWest Coast

Mirror Tarn walk

Oparara Basin

Time: 30 min

Lake Matheson on the early morning

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 1 hr 30 min round trip

Historical gold mining artifacts along the trail

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 6 hr, Distance: 10.5km

South IslandWest Coast

Cape Foulwind Walkway

Tauranga Bay to Seal Colony

800 m return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Lake Kaniere Walkway

Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve

Time: 8 hr return

Entrance to Moria

South IslandWest Coast

1 hr return

The Spencer Range and Lake Daniell

South IslandWest Coast

17 km return | 4 hours return

One of the Blowholes in action

1.1 km return | 20 minutes return

Tatare Tunnels

South IslandWest Coast

Tatare Tunnels Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

3.6 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Oparara Basin

South IslandWest Coast

Oparara Arch Walk

Oparara Basin

2 km return | 50 minutes return