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

1.4 km return

30 mins

Ayrburn Waterfall Walk

A short walk from the Ayrburn entertainment & eatery complex to a waterfall.

Hard

13.4 km return

8 hrs

Ben Lomond

A physically challenging ascent to the summit of the most iconic mountain in the Queenstown area.

Medium

5 km return

2 hrs

Castle Hill

Castle Hill Basin lies between the Torlesse and Craigieburn mountain ranges and is characterised by its distinctive limestone rock formations. These limestone rock formations are the water eroded remnants of limestone formed during the Oligocene age 30-40 million years ago when much of present day New Zealand was covered by the sea.
The area is of special cultural, spiritual and historical significance to Ngai Tahu who named it Kura Tawhiti (treasure from afar). Hidden amongst the limestone outcrops of Castle Hill are traces of 500-year old charcoal drawings traditionally said to have been left by the Waitaha, the first people to travel through this area.

Easy

400 m return

15 mins

Christie Falls

A short walk to Christie Falls on Falls Creek.

Medium

18 km one-way

7 hrs

Copland Track

This popular tramp gives a glimpse of Westland’s spectacular forest, river and mountain scenery, with natural hot pools at Welcome Flat an added attraction.

Easy

5.9 km return

105 mins

Cowans Hill

The track passes the Church of the Good Shepherd and Dog Statue, along the shoreline, before heading along the edge of an exotic forest to open hillside tussock country and small tarns where wetland birds stop to feed, before heading back down to the Tekapo River through a plantation.

Easy

200 m return

10 mins

Crown Range Saddle

A short walk from the Crown Saddle (1076m) which is where the Crown Range Road reaches its highest point & this is the highest sealed road in New Zealand. From the pullover read the information & monuments & make your way to the gate where longer trails can be undertaken.

Medium

1 km return

30 mins

Dobson Peak (Mount Dobson)

From the top of the Fairlie Ridge T-Bar at Mount Dobson Ski Field hike up the ridge to the top of Dobson Peak (2095m) in the Two Thumb Range.

Easy

300 m return

20 mins

Eglington Valley Walk

Also known as the Mackay Creek Walk it is a short walk along the valley floor with some information boards to a view over the creek.

Medium

6.6 km return

2.5 hrs

Fox Glacier Valley Walk

The Fox Glacier Valley Walk follows the south bank of the Fox River through ancient podocarp rainforest. The track heads gently up the valley crossing ancient glacial moraine surfaces, with the forest reflecting the various ages of the glacier moraines which it has colonised and gets you within 4km of the glacier face.