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KARAMEA
HEAPHY TRACK |
| Time |
3 nights, 4 days |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Coastal forest, beaches, high-country plateau, overnight huts |
OPARARA & MORIA GATE ARCH |
| Time |
Each 45 mins return from Oparara Basin car park. |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Gigantic limestone arches with river underneath, mossy creeks, beautiful northern forest terrain. |
WANGAPEKA TRACK |
| Time |
4 to 5 nights |
| Grade |
difficult |
| Features |
Beautiful steep bush walk. Follows river most of the way, renowned for its excellent trout fishing. | |
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CHARMING CREEK WALKWAY |
| Time |
3 to 5 hours |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Waterfalls, spring, railway tunnels, gorges, mining, saw milling relics. |
DENNISTON WALKWAY |
| Time |
3 hours up, 2 hours down |
| Grade |
difficult |
| Features |
Remains of the old township, cable controlled railway and Denniston incline. |
CAPE FOULWIND WALKWAY |
| Time |
1.5 to 3 hours |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Seal colony, coastal views. | |
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REEFTON
BIG RIVER TRACK |
| Time |
1 night, 2 days |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Beech forest & mining remnants within Victoria Forest Park to the historic Big River gold mining township. |
BOTTLED LIGHTING POWERHOUSE WALK |
| Time |
40 minutes |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Site of hydro station for the first public supply of electricity in the southern hemisphere. River views. |
REEFTON GOLDIELDS JOURNEY |
| Time |
3 to 5 days |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Victoria Conservation Park with beech forest & mining settlements of the past. Including Waiuta, Big River & Murray Creek goldfields. | |
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PUNAKAIKI
PANCAKE ROCKS & BLOWHOLES |
| Time |
20 minutes |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Pancake Rocks and Blowholes. |
PORORARI RIVER TRACK |
| Time |
up to 2.5 hours |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Pororari River, limestone cliffs, subtropical forest. | |
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GREYMOUTH AREA
CROESUS TRACK |
| Time |
1 night, 2 days |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Gold history, rainforest, alpine tussocks. Pub at each end! (Blackball/Barrytown) |
POINT ELIZABETH WALK |
| Time |
3.5 hours |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Walk with coastal views | |
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GREY VALLEY
NELSON CREEK |
| Time |
40 minutes |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Swing bridge, old tailraces, dams and beech forest. | |
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LAKE BRUNNER
VELENSKI WALK |
| Time |
20 minutes |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Views of Lake Brunner. |
MT TE KINGA |
| Time |
3 hours return lookout |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Podocarp forest, spectacular views overlooking Lake Brunner and surrounding environment. | |
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HOKITIKA
HOKITIKA HERITAGE TRAIL |
| Time |
2 hours and 15 minutes return |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Town clock, police. |
LAKE KANIERE WALKWAY |
| Time |
8 hours return |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Picturesque bays, numerous forest streams and lush lakeside forest. |
MAHINAPUA WALKWAY |
| Time |
4 hours return |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Native bush and wetlands. Access to lake beach front | |
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ROSS
ROSS GOLDFIELDS WATER-RACE WALK |
| Time |
45 minutes |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Rainforest, gold history, relics, old cemetery. |
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FRANZ JOSEF
DOUGLAS WALK - PETERS POOL |
| Time |
50 minutes |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
Glacial landforms formed between 1600AD and 1750AD by advances of the glacier, forest and Kettle Lake. |
ALEX KNOB TRACK |
| Time |
8 hours return |
| Grade |
moderate/difficult |
| Features |
Rimu forest, kettle lake, birdlife. | |
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FOX GLACIER
LAKE MATHESON |
| Time |
20 minutes to 1.5 hours round trip |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Bush walk with reflections of Aoraki (Mount Cook) and Mount Tasman in the lake. |
FOX GLACIER VALLEY WALK |
| Time |
1 hour |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Glacial valley formations and glacier views | |
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LAKE MOERAKI
MUNRO BEACH |
| Time |
1.5 hours return |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Tree ferns, native fuschia (kotukutuku), shoreline and large boulders | |
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HAAST AREA
SHIP CREEK TAUPARIKAKA WALKS |
| Time |
20 minutes |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Views of NZ's tallest tree, the Kahikatea. Kahikatea Swamp Forest Walk. |
HAPUKA ESTUARY WALK |
| Time |
20 minutes round trip. |
| Grade |
easy |
| Features |
Kowhai trees, birdlife, views of Open Bay Islands Tumaka and Popotai |
SMOOTHWATER BAY TRACK |
| Time |
2 hours |
| Grade |
moderate |
| Features |
A varied landscape following an old pioneer's track. Smoothwater Bay has amazing tranquility and is well worth the walk. | |