Choose a Walk

The most difficult thing about walking in New Zealand is choosing which ones to experience first!

To make it easier for you, here is our summary of the best walks in New Zealand and their defining features. Now the choice is yours . . .

Abel Tasman Coastal Track

Golden sandy beaches meet coastal forest and granite cliffs on this Great Walk set in our smallest but most popular national park. Known for its great weather and popular with both hikers and sea kayakers, this is an ideal walk for families and first time walkers.

Heaphy Track

The Heaphy Track is New Zealand's most diverse and longest Great Walk. Experience a well-formed trail through an ever changing landscape of tussock lands and lush forests to the wild yet beautiful West Coast.

Hollyford Track

The Hollyford Track takes hikers on a stunning journey from the mountains to the sea. Begin beneath sheer mountain slopes carved by glaciers and emerge days later to the rugged beauty of the West Coast.

Hump Ridge Track

The Hump Ridge Track takes walkers from the sub-alpine zone of the Hump Ridge on New Zealand's southern coast to historic viaducts high above the lush native forest and ocean views.

Kepler Track

Beginning on the bush-clad shores of Lake Te Anau and Manapouri and rising to the majestic tops of nearby Mt Luxmore, this Great Walk affords inspiring views across a stunning alpine region.

Lake Waikaremoana Track

The Lake Waikaremoana Track is a Great Walk through pristine virgin rainforest around lake shores. See mountains, bluffs and waterfalls, visit remote beaches and stare in wonder at the views from the iconic high point of Panekire Bluff.

Milford Track

Known as the finest walk in the world, the Milford Track runs from the head of Lake Te Anau to Milford Sound/Piopiotahi, over the dramatic MacKinnon Pass. Walk amid lofty mountain peaks, alongside crystal clear rivers and through dense rainforest.

Paparoa Track

The Paparoa Track crosses the Paparoa Range, taking you through alpine tops, limestone karst landscapes and thriving rainforests, all the time providing breathtaking views.

Queen Charlotte Track

The Queen Charlotte Track is New Zealand's most diverse coastal walk set in the geologically unique Marlborough Sounds. Stretching from historic Ship Cove to Anakiwa, this undulating trail features remnants of virgin native bush with a sea view around almost every corner.

Routeburn Track

The Routeburn Track runs between the Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks. This Great Walk affords breath taking mountain views as it passes through glacial valleys, through beech forest and alongside pristine alpine streams and lakes.

The Old Ghost Road

In the North West corner of the South Island of New Zealand a ghost has awakened. A long-forgotten gold miners’ road has been revived as a mountain biking and tramping trail – connecting the old dray road in the Lyell (Upper Buller Gorge) to the mighty Mokihinui River in the north.

Tongariro

Journey through a spectacular alpine lunar landscape on this Great Walk set in the shadow of volcanoes. Glacial valleys play host to emerald lakes, rock formations, alpine meadows and waterfalls in an 'out of this world' experience.