The Arawata Bridle Track follows part of the original bridle trail that connected Queenstown and Glenorchy. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr
The Ben Lomond Track is a demanding climb, but on clear days trampers are rewarded at the summit with spectacular panoramic views. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 7 hr
On Bob's Cove Bridle Track you'll follow history along the original bridle track that linked Queenstown and Glenorchy. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 45 min
Along the Bob’s Cove Track and Nature Walk you'll find historic sites, swimming beaches and fishing opportunities. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 20 min
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. Category: Tramping track
The Cascade Saddle Route is an alpine crossing between the West Matukituki and the Dart valleys in Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. Category: Route Distance: Approx. 60 km Completion Time: 1 - 2 days
Retrace the miners’ daily walk from their homes in Skippers to the Crystal Mine, their workplace in the 1930s and 40s. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr
The track at Diamond Creek follows the true left bank of the creek to Lake Reid. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 30 min
The Double Barrel Creek Track is an easy half-hour loop track through red beech forest. Category: Short walk Completion Time: 30 min
Following Earnslaw Burn through bush to the tussock basin at the head of this valley for impressive views of an icefall on Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 4 - 6 hr one way
Along the Fernhill - One Mile Track you'll see a mixture of exotic and beech forest, with alpine tussocklands at the highest sections. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 3 - 4 hr
The well-used Frankton Walkway provides a pleasant stroll or bicycle ride along the lakeshore between Queenstown and Frankton. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr 30 min
At Glacier Burn you'll climb through beech forest to Glacier Basin. Follow the creek beyond to view the Humboldt Mountains. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 2 - 4 hr
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. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr loop track
The Caples and Greenstone tracks start from the car park at the end of Greenstone Road, 86 km from Queenstown, via Glenorchy. Alternatively, they can be started from Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track. Category: Great Walk/Easy tramping track Completion Time: 4 - 5 days
Built by miners in the 1880s, the Invincible Gold Mine Track is an uphill walk that offers wonderful views of the Rees Valley and Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 3 hr return
It takes half a day to climb to this beautiful sub-alpine tussock basin beneath Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 4 - 5 hr one way
The Kelvin Peninsula Track follows along the southern side of Frankton Arm and alternates from sidling below homes to traversing through regenerating native bush. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1hr 30 min
From Lake Dispute you can walk to Moke Lake. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 2 hr
On the Lake Dispute Track you'll climb steeply through shrubland before reaching this high country lake. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 45 min
A steep climb through red beech eases before reaching picturesque Lake Rere, a popular tourist destination in the late 19th century. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 4 - 6 hr
This well-defined track leads through old moraine river terraces and tall red beech/tawhai raunui to pretty Lake Sylvan in Mount Aspiring National Park. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 40 min
A good zigzag track climbs three quarters of the way up Mt Alfred. From there you'll follow a marked route to the bushline. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 3 - 4 hr
One Mile Creek Walk follows an old pipeline up to One Mile Dam, once part of one of New Zealand’s first hydro-electric power schemes. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr 30 min
The 500-metre climb up Queenstown Hill Time Walk to the summit of Te Tapu-nui (mountain of intense sacredness) is well rewarded by the views. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 2 - 3 hours
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. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 4 - 5 days
An easy going, well interpreted loop track ideal for a family walk. It passes through beech/tawhai forest and other vegetation, similar to what the famed Routeburn Track passes through. Category: Short walk Completion Time: 40 min - 1 hr
The Routeburn Track spans both Otago and Southland areas. This link will take you to information about this Great Walk in the Te Anau area of the website. Category: Great Walk/Easy tramping track Distance: 32 km Completion Time: 3 days
This route to a bush-line musterers' hut is for experienced trampers. It is irregularly marked, steep and in parts obscure and washed out. Category: Tramping track Completion Time: 8 hr
Seven Mile Track and Wilson Bay Track are dual-purpose tracks for walkers and mountain bikers. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr 30 min
There are a number of short walks in the Skippers area, providing an insight to the early pioneer mining era. Category: Short walk
This marked track traverses moraine through beech forest from Lake Sylvan. Category: Tramping track
Sunshine Bay Walk is a native bush walk that follows along the lakeshore to the Sunshine Bay jetty and carpark. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 45 min
From Twelve Mile Delta to Bob's Cove Track is a 1.5 hour/one way walk where you'll see ancient marine sediments. Category: Walking track Completion Time: 1 hr 30 min
Two tramping tracks in Whakaari Conservation Area that have been developed as outcomes from Tenure Review on Wyuna Station near Glenorchy. Category: Tramping track
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