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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Milford Sound

South IslandFiordland

Milford Sound Foreshore Walk

Fiordland National Park

400 m return | 20 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

South IslandWest Coast

1.6 km return | 40 minutes return

Mount Kaukau is the highest point overlooking Wellington Harbour.

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 3-4 hours. Distance: 6km

South IslandWest Coast

North IslandTaupo Region

Umukarikari Track

Kaimanawa Forest Park

Time: 4-6 hours

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...

Stirling point

6.2 km return | 2 hours return

Beach at Aramoana

South IslandCoastal Otago

Aramoana

Port Chalmers

Upto 4 km return | upto 1 hour return

South IslandNelson Region

3.4 km return | 1 hour 20 minutes return

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

South IslandWest Coast

650 m one-way | 15 minutes one-way

Separation point

South IslandNelson Region

Separation Point Walk and Seal Colony

Abel Tasman National Park - Totaranui to Separation Point return via Gibbs Hill

18.8 km return | 6 hours return

View from the top of Alex's Knob

South IslandWest Coast

Alex Knob Track

Franz Josef Glacier Area

Time: 8 hr return

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Mt Sunday (Edoras)

Distance: 2km

Puponga Hilltop Walk

South IslandNelson Region

Puponga hilltop walk

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

Time: 2-3 hr one way

A herd of elephants

South IslandCoastal Otago

500 m return | 15 minutes return

Red Tarns in winter

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Red Tarns Track

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

2.3 km return | 2 hours return

Untouched goodness on Ulva Island

South IslandStewart Island

Ulva Island

Self Guided Walks

Approx 7 km return | approx 3 hours return (these are maximums)

North IslandCoromandel

Time: 30 minutes one way. New Chums beach is the secluded beach immediately north of Whangapoua. The only public access is by foot.

Okia

5 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

4.5 km return | 2 hours 30 minutes return

View from Lou's lookout

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Lou's Lookout

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 40 minutes return

North IslandNorthland

Whangamumu Track

Cape Brett

8.4 km return | 2 hours return

View from Sawpit Gully Walk back to Arrowtown

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 2 - 3 hour round trip

South IslandFiordland

Earland Falls walk

Milford Road

Time: 6 hr return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

Time: 4 hr

Powell Hut

North IslandWairarapa

Powell Hut

Mount Holdsworth

15 km return | 6 hours return

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Onepoto Caves Track

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 1 hours return