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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South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Ball Shelter Hut route

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

Time: 3 - 4 hr one way

South IslandCanterbury

Deer Spur track

Peel Forest Park

Time: 2 hr return

Green Lake

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Ngamoko Track

Lake Waikaremoana

approx 11 km return | 4 hours return

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Onepoto Caves Track

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 1 hours return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Knights-Shorts Loop Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 8 - 10 hr

Bridge to Nowhere

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Bridge to Nowhere Walk

Mangapurua/Kaiwhakauka Valleys

approx 4.6 km return | 1 hour 15 minutes return

South IslandQueenstown Region

Fernhill

One Mile Track

Time: 3 - 4 hr

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 45 min

South IslandFiordland

Monument Track

Fiordland National Park

Time: 1 hr 30 min - 2 hr return

Time: 4 hours one way

Farmland from above the lookout

North IslandWaikato

3.2 km return | 3 hours return

South IslandCanterbury

Bridge Hill Walk

Craigieburn Forest Park

Time: 10 min one way

Time for some new boots

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 3 - 6 hrs, Distance: 6 - 15 km

Time: 7 hours one way

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South IslandCanterbury

This is an immensely popular walk, steep but rewarding, which leads to views of Lyttelton Harbour and the historic monument to the Pioneer Women...

North IslandCoromandel

Time: Various

South IslandCanterbury

Carroll Hut track

Arthur's Pass

Time: 6 hr return

Time: 3.5 hours one way

North IslandCoromandel

Wainora Kauri track

Kauaeranga Valley

Time: 2-3 hr return

South IslandNelson Region

Time: 3-4 hr

South IslandWest Coast

Leslie Karamea Track

Kahurangi National Park

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

North IslandNorthland

Time: 4 hr 30 min - 5 hr return Distance: 16 km loop

South IslandSouthland

Time: 40 min – I hr return depending on walk taken

North IslandNorthland

Time: 30 min Distance: 1.4 km

South IslandCanterbury

Time: 5 - 6 hr return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 45 min

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Mangahao Makahika Track

Mangaore, Tararua Forest Park

Time: 6 - 7 hrs going south, 7- 8 hrs going north, Distance: 15 km

Sunshine bay

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 45 min

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Benmore Range access track

Access to Benmore Range Conservation Area

Time: 7 hr return, Distance: 17 km return, 800 m vertical