The Rakiura Track: A Great Walk on Stewart Island The Rakiura Track is the most southerly of the New Zealand Great Walks. It is a 32-kilometre loop on Stewart Island, and most people walk it in three days. The track is less polished than many mainland routes. In return, you get empty beaches, mossy forest
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Paparoa Track New Zealand | Complete Great Walk Guide
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The Paparoa Track: A Great Walk for Hikers and Mountain Bikers Most Great Walks pick one landscape and stay with it. The Paparoa Track does not. Over 55 kilometres, it climbs from rainforest to open alpine tops, then drops to the Tasman Sea. It was also the first Great Walk built for both walkers and
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Southern Scenic Route Wildlife: A Spotter’s Guide From Dunedin to Fiordland | 610 Kilometres (379 Miles) The Southern Scenic Route is famous for its wild coast, waterfalls and lonely lighthouses. But for many travellers, the real stars are the animals. Along this road you can watch the rarest penguin in the world waddle up a
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Central Otago Touring Route: Following the Gold Rush Trail | 341 kilometres (212 miles) In the 1860s, thousands of miners poured into the dry hills of Central Otago with one dream. They were chasing gold. They came from Australia, Britain, Ireland, China and beyond, and they built towns almost overnight. Many of those towns faded
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Glacier Highway: A Rain-or-Shine Guide to New Zealand’s Glacier Country | 234 kilometres (145 miles) Every trip down the Glacier Highway comes with one big unknown, and that is the weather. The West Coast of the South Island is one of the wettest places in New Zealand. Franz Josef receives more than four metres of
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Great Coast Road: 90-Minute / 102 km (63 miles) of one of the World’s Best Coastal Drives On paper, the Great Coast Road looks like a quick trip. The stretch of State Highway 6 between Westport and Greymouth is only about 100 km long. You could drive it in an hour and a half without stopping.
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Great Alpine Highway: Coast to Coast Across the Southern Alps in a Day — 255 km from Christchurch to Kumara Few journeys pack as much change into a single day as the Great Alpine Highway. You leave Christchurch among flat green farmland on the east coast. A few hours later you are in the rainforest
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Inland Scenic Route 72: The Canterbury Back Roads Locals Love — 223 km Road Through the Heart of Canterbury Ask a Cantabrian how to drive south from Christchurch and many will give the same advice. Skip State Highway 1. The main highway runs flat and straight across the plains, with trucks for company and not
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Manawatū Scenic Route: A 2-Day Country Road Trip Through the Lower North Island | 115 kilometers (72 miles) The Manawatū Scenic Route is a slow and peaceful alternative to State Highway 1. It winds for about 115 km from Mangaweka in the north to Ashhurst in the south. On the way it crosses high farmland,
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Surf Highway 45: A 2-Day Road Trip Along the Taranaki Coast | 105 kilometers (65.2 miles) Surf Highway 45 traces the wild western coast of Taranaki for 105 km. It runs from New Plymouth in the north to Hāwera in the south, curving around the base of Mount Taranaki the whole way. Almost every side