New Zealand tramps (multi-day walks) ranked
In the past five and a half years since starting with the Routeburn Track, I’ve done 24 multi-day walks (known as tramps in New Zealand), including all of the Great…
Tag: Great Walks
Most popular posts of 2016
Slightly belatedly but here are the ten most popular posts on my blog in 2016, thrilling stuff… 1. New Zealand Great Walks Ranked A perennial favourite. My most popular post by…
Hump Ridge Track
One of the best walking tracks in New Zealand, though most people haven’t heard of it, the Hump Ridge Track is the equal of the famous Great Walks. Picture the…
Best of 2016 – Tramping / hiking – New Zealand
A reasonably successful third year of tramping / hiking in New Zealand. Completed my longest and toughest tramp – five days for the Travers-Sabine Circuit, including Angelus Hut and an…
Staying in a New Zealand tramping (hiking) hut
One of the best things about walking in New Zealand isthe huge number of huts to stay in, usually located every 8-18km along tracks. There are around 950 maintained by…
New Zealand Great Walks Ranked
New Zealand has eight Great Walks (the Whanganui Journey is managed under the Great Walk system but is a great paddle), multi-day tramps (NZ word for hikes or long walks) across…
Rakiura Track
The Rakiura Track is a 32km, 2-3 day circuit on Stewart Island, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. Starting / finishing from the only real settlement on the island, the…
Abel Tasman Coastal Track
The Abel Tasman Coastal Track is a 55km, 3-5 day walk around the coast of the gorgeous Abel Tasman National Park, and is the most popular Great Walk by some…
Heaphy Track
The Heaphy Track is a 78km, 4-6 day walk through Kahurangi National Park. It’s the longest, but surprisingly the easiest, of the Great Walks. It’s also one of the most varied,…
Tongariro Northern Circuit
Not to be confused with the one day Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the Tongariro Northern Circuit is one of the eight Great Walks, a 43km, 3-4 day circuit from Whakapapa through some…
Routeburn Track
My first and favourite Great Walk, the Routeburn Track is a 32km, 2-4 day walk through some of the finest scenery in New Zealand, and therefore probably the world. It…
Milford Track
The original Great Walk, the Milford Track perhaps doesn’t quite live up to its reputation but is still a pretty awesome tramp. Of the seven Great Walks I’ve done I’d…