Discover New Zealand's dramatic landscapes, magnificent wilderness and stunning wildlife when you hike one of the country's Great Walks.
New Zealand has thousands of kilometres of hiking trails but sitting above them all are the nine Great Walks that journey through the country's most magnificent places and iconic locations.
ALERT:
Some sections of this track are currently impassable due to storm damage and water taxi transport may be required to access some facilities.
Grade/ Best time of year
Canoe journey / late Oct to late April
Ruapehu
5 mins from Taumarunui
2 hours from Whanganui
GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
Best time: late Oct to late Apr
GRADE: EASY - INTERMEDIATE
GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
Best time: late Oct to late April
Fiordland
45 mins from Queenstown
1 hr from Te Anau
GRADE: EASY - INTERMEDIATE
Best time: Late Oct to Late April
Fiordland
2 hr 20 min from Queenstown
20 min from Te Anau
GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
Best time: Late Oct to Late April
Fiordland
2 hr from Queenstown
5 mins from Te Anau
GRADE: INTERMEDIATE
Stewart Island - Rakiura
1 hr from Bluff
30 mins from Invercargill
