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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North IslandCoromandel

approx 3 km return | 1 hour return

Blue Lake - St Bathans

South IslandCentral Otago

Blue Lake Walk

St Bathans

Time: 30 min to 1.5 hrs

South IslandSouthland

Time: 10 - 40 min return depending on walk taken

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Spring Creek walk

Mackenzie Basin

Time: 45 min / Distance: 2.5 km

South IslandSouthland

600 m return | 10 minutes return

Time: 1 hour one way Distance: 2.6km

Time: 3 hrs return

Port Craig Wharf

South IslandSouthland

Time: 10 - 13 hrs, Distance: 33 km (one way)

South IslandSouthland

Teal Bay to South Coast Route

Fiordland National Park

Time: 10 hrs, Distance: 17 kms one way

South IslandQueenstown Region

Pyke

Big Bay Route - Fiordland National Park

Distance: 88 km

North IslandBay of Plenty

North South Track

Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park

Time: 5 - 6 days, Distance: 82 km approximately

North IslandBay of Plenty

Lindemann Loop Track

Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park

11 km return | 5 hours return

Waikato sunrise from Kakepuku

North IslandWaikato

7.4 km return | 3 hours return

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North IslandWellington Region

Time: 3 days

South IslandNelson Region

Kaihoka Lakes walk

Kaihoka Lakes Scenic Reserve

Time: 10 min, Distance: 1.3 km

Old mine wheels

approx 5 km return | 3 hours return

Calm mornings are the best time to visit Mirror Lakes

South IslandFiordland

Mirror Lakes Walk

Milford Road, Fiordland National Park

400 m return | 10 minutes return

Rainbow Mountain

5 km return | 3 hours return to summit

South IslandMarlborough

Elvy Waterfalls Track

Pelorus Scenic Reserve

3 km return | 2 hours return

Views from Conical Hill

South IslandCanterbury

Conical Hill Walk

Hanmer Forest

3 km return | 1 hour return

North IslandWellington Region

Loop Walk

Kaitoke Regional Park

800 m return | 15 minutes return

Lonely Bay and Cooks Beach

4.6 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Wellington Harbour and Cook Strait ferry

North IslandWellington Region

Pencarrow Coastal Trail

East Harbour Regional Park

approx 7 km one-way | 3 hours 30 minutes one-way

Crystal Clear spot the local resident

North IslandRotorua Region

Time: 40 min return, $18 cost to walk the track

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 IslandWanaka Region

Sawyer Burn Track

Haast Pass/Tioripatea

Time: 4 hrs return

Bowen Bush is a great introduction to Alpine flora

South IslandMount Cook - MacKenzie

Bowen Bush Walk

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

150 m return | 10 minutes return

Matai falls

South IslandSouthland

1 km return | 30 minutes return

North IslandNorthland

Waipapa River Track

Puketi Forest

Time: 2 days