Honest New Zealand hiking guides, trail notes and practical advice from Wyld Peak. Real NZ walks, useful planning, DOC basics, safety notes and the small details that actually matter once you leave the car park.
New Zealand Hiking Guides: Walks, Tracks & National Parks
Kitekite Falls is one of Auckland’s best short waterfall walks: lush Waitākere bush, a proper 40-metre waterfall, Piha nearby, and just enough stairs to make the finish feel earned.
Kitekite Falls is one of Auckland’s best short waterfall walks: lush Waitākere bush, a proper 40-metre waterfall, Piha nearby, and just enough stairs to make the finish feel earned.
Hiking in New Zealand is incredible, but the useful tips are rarely the glossy ones. Here is what visitors should know before the weather, mud, sun or stairs teach them...
Hiking in New Zealand is incredible, but the useful tips are rarely the glossy ones. Here is what visitors should know before the weather, mud, sun or stairs teach them...
The Tāwharanui walk to Takatu Point Lookout gives you native bush, birdlife, open farmland, Hauraki Gulf views and a beach finish without turning the day into a suffer-fest.
The Tāwharanui walk to Takatu Point Lookout gives you native bush, birdlife, open farmland, Hauraki Gulf views and a beach finish without turning the day into a suffer-fest.
Hiking safety in New Zealand is simple, but it does not forgive lazy assumptions. Choose the right track, check the weather, pack the basics, tell someone and know when to...
Hiking safety in New Zealand is simple, but it does not forgive lazy assumptions. Choose the right track, check the weather, pack the basics, tell someone and know when to...
Karangahake Gorge is one of the better easy-to-moderate walks in the North Island, with river views, swing bridges, mining history, tunnels and enough route choices that picking the right track...
Karangahake Gorge is one of the better easy-to-moderate walks in the North Island, with river views, swing bridges, mining history, tunnels and enough route choices that picking the right track...
Hiking in New Zealand with dogs can be brilliant, but DOC rules, leash access, 1080 risks, heat, terrain, and local restrictions matter fast. Here’s the honest version before you drive...
Hiking in New Zealand with dogs can be brilliant, but DOC rules, leash access, 1080 risks, heat, terrain, and local restrictions matter fast. Here’s the honest version before you drive...