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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The park design allows for a perimeter walkway and smaller loop tracks at the Clarevale corner and Beach Road. Hides and viewing platforms allow...

North IslandNorthland

Waipapa River Track

Puketi Forest

Time: 2 days

North IslandRotorua Region

Anaha Track

Lake Okataina Scenic Reserve, Rotorua

Time: 60 min one way

Matai falls

South IslandSouthland

1 km return | 30 minutes return

At the top of Takaka Hill

South IslandNelson Region

7 km return | 2 hours 30 minutes return

Time: 3 hrs return

South IslandFiordland

Humboldt Falls Track

Hollyford Road

1.2 km return | 30 minutes return

North IslandWellington Region

North IslandNorthland

Watkin Powell Track

Otamure Bay - Whananaki

Distance: 400 m

Fox River

Time: 1hr to the caves, Distance: 7km return. Add another 2 hrs return to Ballroom overhang

Te Mata Peak at sunrise

North IslandHawkes Bay

Te Mata Park

Te Mata Peak

5.4 km return | 30 mins - 2 hours 15 minutes return

Auckland Waterfront - start of the Coast to Coast Walk

North IslandAuckland Region

Time: 8 hrs (once you have had a few lattes and done a bit of shopping along the way), Distance: 16km

South IslandWest Coast

Douglas Walk

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Time: 1 hr return

South IslandCoastal Otago

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North IslandWellington Region

Makara Walkway

Makara Beach

Distance: 6 km loop

South IslandCanterbury

Mount / Mt Somers Track

South face - Mount / Mt Somers Conservation Area

Time: 6 hours

North IslandRuapehu

Whakapapa Nature Walk

Whakapapa Village

Approx 600 m return | 15 minutes return

South IslandFiordland

Lake Howden walk

Milford Road

Time: 3 hr return

South IslandStewart Island

Fern Gully Track

Stewart Island/Rakiura

Time: 2 hr return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 3 hours

South IslandNelson Region

Wangapeka Track

Kahurangi National Park

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

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...

South IslandWest Coast

Five minutes walk north from the Pancake Rocks walkway is the Punakaiki Cavern, hidden away on the eastern side of the main road. Car parking...

South IslandCanterbury

Pigeon Bay Walkway

Banks Peninsula

Features include spectacular coastal views, tītoki trees, akeake, and native passion vine/kōhia at their southern limits

Acland Falls

South IslandCanterbury

Acland Falls Track

Peel Forest Park

1.2 km return | 50 minutes return

North IslandRuapehu

Time: 1hr return

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Pukaki Boulders walk

Lake Pukaki area

Time: 10 min return

North IslandNorthland

Drummond Track

Mount / Mt Parihaka

Time 2hr return