Visit Taumarumaru Reserve and appreciate the coastal beauty of the far north in an easily accessible location. The reserve contains significant historic Maori sites including pa sites, living terraces and storage pits.
Learn where in the Whangarei area you can take your dog. Some require a permit, others your dog needs to be to be on a leash and some they can run free. Please follow the guidelines.
Learn where in the Bay of Islands you can take your dog. Some require a permit, others your dog needs to be to be on a leash and some they can run free. Please follow the guidelines.
Learn where in Kaitaia you can take your dog. Some require a permit, others your dog needs to be to be on a leash and some they can run free. Please follow the guidelines.
Learn where in the Kauri Coast area you can take your dog. Some require a permit, others your dog needs to be to be on a leash and some they can run free. Please follow the guidelines.
Fort Takapuna, used by the New Zealand Defence Forces for over a century, offers a glimpse of New Zealand's 19th and 20th Century military history.
Visit North Head Historic Reserve where a self-guided walk leads you through tunnels and other features of the area's past military defences.
Learn where in the Warkworth area you can take your dog. Some require a permit, others your dog needs to be to be on a leash. Please follow the guidelines.
Marine reserves are great places to swim, snorkel, dive and boat. Remember that the reserves are ‘no take’ areas, so fishing or removing marine life is not permitted.
Horse riding, mountain biking, abseiling, walking, tramping, camping, fishing, swimming and hunting are the types of recreational opportunities available in Coromandel Forest Park.
Rock climbing, mountain biking and fly fishing are all fun activities in addition to tramping or walking the Kaimai Heritage Trail.
This nice, peaceful track is just bliss when you want to get away from the city. Enjoy the birdlife and the beautiful clear spring that runs into Lake Rotorua.
Enjoy native bush and quiet beaches. The track provides good opportunities to look out over the Blue Lake (Tikitapu) and Green Lake (Rotokakahi).
Walking, cycling, fishing, canoeing, abseiling and swimming are the types of recreational opportunities available in Karangahake Gorge.
Rangitaiki Conservation Area is the only remaining representative of frostflat vegetation which once covered the Kaingaroa Plateau.
Around Lake Taupo there are a variety of access tracks to the tributary rivers. Some tracks are through DOC administered reserves and others across private land.
Relatively close to Taupo township there are a number of pleasant, reasonably easy walks that offer magnificent views of Lake Taupo and the surrounding mountains of Kaimanawa Forest Park and Tongariro National Park.
There are many short to medium length walks very close to Taupo township.
Enjoy the walking tracks within 15-20 minutes driving time of Turangi.
On the western side of Kaimanawa Forest Park there are a number of walking tracks. Some have mountain bike access as well.
Built in 1878, this rail route between the Hutt Valley and Featherston is now a gently graded 18 km walk, run or mountain bike ride, with opportunities for camping, swimming and fishing.
This 30 minute loop walks takes you through a flooded forest remnant in the Wairarapa.
This easy 20 minute walk follows the boardwalk through the Carter Scenic Reserve, a recovering wetland in the Wairarapa
Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Park has extensive wetlands where fishing and birdwatching are popular activities.
Short walks in the reserve can bring you in contact with some uncommon and interesting native flora.
The walks in the Catchpool Valley are suitable for all ages and fitness levels. There is also a specially marked dog exercise area just past the park entrance gate.
Catchpool Valley is the most popular entrance to Rimutaka Forest Park. It includes Orongorongo Valley and its booked huts.
This walkway follows an old goldminer's trail across the range between the Wairau Valley and Linkwater. It can be walked or ridden in one day, but you will need to arrange transport between the road ends.
Looking for a short walk near Nelson or Motueka? Here are some walking tracks you might like to try.
The Northbank of the Wairau River provides access to Mt Richmond Forest Park in the South Marlborough area.
Over 430 km of walking tracks cover the park. Kayaking, fishing and mountain biking are other suggested activities.
Wooded Gully Picnic Area is the starting point for short family walks and more serious backcountry tramps and hunting trips. Dogs on a leash are permitted.
The tracks of Mt Oxford Forest offer day walks and longer tramps and hunting within the Oxford Recreational Hunting Area. Wharfedale Track is open to mountain bikes.
The recreation menu at Glentui and Ashley Gorge includes mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, hunting, picnicking and a range of tracks. Dogs must be on a leash.
Tracks from the Grey River picnic area provide visitors with a range of walks. Dogs on a leash are allowed in the picnic area. There are opportunities for hunting and mountain biking.
Walk or cycle along the banks of the Clutha River near Lake Wanaka.
Near Lake Wanaka's western shores, both Diamond Lake and Hospital Flat conservation areas are major recreation attractions, especially for rock or sport climbers and walkers.
A boardwalk and saltmarsh experience on the edge of Otago Harbour that suits all ages and abilities.
Three excellent walks on Otago Peninsula, combining coastal views with good prospects for wildlife viewing
A forest-lined walk to a spectacular waterfall in Catlins Forest Park.
Three walks on and around the very scenic Tautuku Bay.
Walks to two easy access waterfalls: the Matai Falls and the very well known and often photographed, Pūrākaunui Falls.
Short walks near Owaka, easily accessed off the Southern Scenic Route; waterfalls, coastal views and walks and wildlife.
Traverse rugged Skippers Creek to see New Zealand’s first industrial hydro power scheme or take the trail to the heart of Skippers’ quartz reef mining history.
Retrace the miners’ daily walk from their homes in Skippers to the Crystal Mine, their workplace in the 1930s and 40s.
There are a number of short walks in the Skippers area, providing an insight to the early pioneer mining era.
Activities in the Glenorchy area include water sports, tramping and visiting historic sites.
Glenorchy Walkway offers excellent opportunities to view bird life, including black swans and Canada Geese, as its boardwalk traverses wetlands just north of Glenorchy. A great family walk ideal for picnics with views of Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi.
The track at Diamond Creek follows the true left bank of the creek to Lake Reid.
On Bob's Cove Bridle Track you'll follow history along the original bridle track that linked Queenstown and Glenorchy.
Along the Bob’s Cove Track and Nature Walk you'll find historic sites, swimming beaches and fishing opportunities.
Seven Mile Track and Wilson Bay Track are dual-purpose tracks for walkers and mountain bikers.
Sunshine Bay Walk is a native bush walk that follows along the lakeshore to the Sunshine Bay jetty and carpark.
Glenorchy, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, is the gateway to some of New Zealand’s best-known, multi-day tracks. There are also good one-day tracks, with many shorter walks nearby.
This very popular, close-to-Wanaka-town loop walk suits all ages and abilities and offers great views from the summit.
The Rees-Dart Track is a 4-5 day tramping circuit which follows the Rees River and the Dart River, through leasehold farmland and the southern part of Mount Aspiring National Park.
Skippers is part of Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve and saw much of Wakatipu’s 1860s gold fever. It offers dramatic views and opportunities to walk, tramp, camp, paint, kayak, mountain bike, picnic and raft.
You can walk the four day Mavora-Greenstone Walkway or undertake shorter walks. Other activities you can carry out in the park are boating, fishing, hunting, mountain biking and four-wheel driving.
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