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 IslandTaupo Region

Umukarikari Track

Kaimanawa Forest Park

Time: 4-6 hours

North IslandTaranaki

Tahurangi Translator Tower track

North Egmont, Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki

Time: 1hr 30 min one way

South IslandWest Coast

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...

Beach at Aramoana

South IslandCoastal Otago

Aramoana

Port Chalmers

Upto 4 km return | upto 1 hour return

North IslandCoromandel

500 m return | 30 minutes return

South IslandWest Coast

1.6 km return | 40 minutes return

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 3-4 hours. Distance: 6km

South IslandWest Coast

Time: 40 min return

Stirling point

6.2 km return | 2 hours return

Boardwalk protects the wetland

South IslandWest Coast

1 km return | 20 minutes 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

Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown Hill

9 km return | 3 hours return

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North IslandNorthland

Te Paki Coastal Track

Tapotupotu Bay to Cape Reinga

5 km one-way | 3 hours one-way

Puponga Hilltop Walk

South IslandNelson Region

Puponga hilltop walk

Farewell Spit & Puponga Farm Park

Time: 2-3 hr one way

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)

The lower falls

2 km return | 45 minutes return

approx 8 km return | 20 minutes to 3 hours return

North IslandNorthland

Time: 30 min Distance: 500 m

View from Lou's lookout

North IslandTairāwhiti Gisborne

Lou's Lookout

Lake Waikaremoana

2 km return | 40 minutes return

North IslandTaupo Region

Time: 4 - 5 hr, Distance: 13 km return

View from Sawpit Gully Walk back to Arrowtown

South IslandQueenstown Region

Time: 2 - 3 hour round trip

South IslandWanaka Region

Time: 30 min, Distance 1.5lm

Deliverance Cove

North IslandWairarapa

Deliverance Cove Track

Castlepoint Scenic Reserve

4 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

North IslandManawatu - Wanganui

Knights-Shorts Loop Track

Apiti, Western Ruahine Forest Park

Time: 8 - 10 hr

South IslandQueenstown Region

Fernhill

One Mile Track

Time: 3 - 4 hr

South IslandCanterbury

Bridge Hill Walk

Craigieburn Forest Park

Time: 10 min one way

North IslandWaikato

Time: 2hr 30 min - 3 hr 30 min, depending on track taken