Summary

We all know Australia is the place for bushwalking... New Zealand has some good tracks too... but surprisingly the rest of the world has some places worth visiting too! (imaging that!)

This is the place to share walks from outside of Australia/New Zealand.

Walks in South Island NZ

(New Zealand)

Easy

2.6 km return

1 hr

Lake Matheson Jetty

Lake Matheson, nestled in ancient Forests, is famous for its stunning mirror reflections of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman, which are the result of leaf matter leaching into the water and turning it a dark brown colour.

Hard

53.5 km one-way

4 days

Milford Track

4 day hike

Medium

4.7 km return

105 mins

Mount Iron Loop

Mount Iron is an impressive, glacier-carved, 240-metre rocky knoll. From its summit a great panorama unfolds: Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, Pisa Range, the Cardrona and Upper Clutha Basin and all the surrounding peaks of the Southern Alps; many of them in Mount Aspiring National Park in the west.

Medium

8.3 km return

2.5 hrs

Mount John

This track rises steadily up through exotic forest and then open tussock hill slopes to a viewing area with a 360° panorama of the surrounding mountains of the Southern Alps, various lakes and the Mackenzie Basin flats, before heading across the mountain below the Observatory and down the far side and back along the shoreline of Lake Tekapo.

Easy

2 km return

30 mins

Ohau Stream and Waterfall

A stream and waterfall seal pups come to play in at certain times of the year.
Ohau Point Seal Colony, Kaikoura

Easy

Queen Charlotte Track

Choice of multiple days or day walks in the Marlborough Region, South Island. The town of Picton is a good base to prepare or start of your adventure. You can decide to combine your walk with: a drop off and pick-up by water taxi, a mountain bike, a sea kayak or simply walk. Stunning scenery on both sides from the Queen Charlotte Sound and Kenepuru Sound. Walking on good track with some challenging climbs and sections.

Easy

3.1 km return

20 mins

Queenstown Gardens Foreshore Walk

A short walk around the Queenstown Foreshore.

Easy

10.4 km return

3.5 hrs

Rakaia Gorge Walkway

The walkway follows the rim of the gorge providing views of the Rakaia River and Mt Hutt. Along the way there are a number of historical points of interest.

Medium

10 km return

5 hrs

Rob Roy Glacier

http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/otago/places/mount-aspiring-national-park/things-to-do/rob-roy-track/

Hard

26 km

8 hrs

Routeburn Track (At least to Harris Saddle and back)

Part of the Routeburn Great Walk in Otago, I only had a day and one car so I couldn't go to the end. Most fit walkers I talked to said you can easily do it in a day.