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

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.

Medium

6.2 km return

2 hrs

Queenstown Hill Walkway

From the edge of Queenstown follow the Queenstown Hill Time Walk trail up through the forest past information boards and a statue to this popular viewpoint over Queenstown.

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.

Hard

14.9 km return

6 hrs

Roy's Peak

A very worthwhile walk to get to that famous view! It's tough on the knees & quite relentless, but the outlook makes it all worthwhile. The lookout is where most hikers stop, but the actual peak is a further 40 minutes - 1 hour further on.

Very Hard

14.7 km return

9 hrs

Sentinel Peak

A full day hike and scramble up a lesser known mountain overlooking the scenic Lake Hawea. Unlike more popular walks like Ben Lomond and Roys Peak, this mountain doesn't have an overly clear path and it will require some navigation.

Easy

900 m return

30 mins

Sentinel Rock Walk

This short steady climb up a now bush-covered ice-scraped rock offers the most impressive views of the glacier and the Waiho River.
Information panels at the viewpoint show dramatic photos of the glacial retreat, making it one of the best places to appreciate the power of the glacier.
Sentinel Rock emerged from beneath the glacier in 1865 and is an example of how the glacial ice ground the hard schist bedrock into a Roche moutonnee or ‘rock sheep’.
Since 1909 the glacier has retreated over 3 km and plants have progressively colonised where a veneer of rubble has been dumped over bedrock in the valley.

Medium

600 m return

30 mins

Sugarloaf

Follow the trail up the hill cross the road & continue on past the radio towers to the trig.