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
Whatipu Caves is short, easy and a bit stranger than the distance suggests. Dark caves, huge open dunes, a few awkward trail sections and one very easy way to accidentally...
Whatipu Caves is short, easy and a bit stranger than the distance suggests. Dark caves, huge open dunes, a few awkward trail sections and one very easy way to accidentally...
The Northern Enclosure looked like a quick 35-minute forest loop. Getting to it had other ideas. Here’s what we found on Maungatautari’s quieter, free side.
The Northern Enclosure looked like a quick 35-minute forest loop. Getting to it had other ideas. Here’s what we found on Maungatautari’s quieter, free side.
Puketutu Island is flat, quiet and very easy. Worth crossing Auckland for? We don’t think so. Here’s what the walk is actually like and when it does make sense.
Puketutu Island is flat, quiet and very easy. Worth crossing Auckland for? We don’t think so. Here’s what the walk is actually like and when it does make sense.
Walking Track. Tramping Track. Route. Orange triangle. It makes a lot more sense once you strip out the official wording. Here’s what it all means on the trail.
Walking Track. Tramping Track. Route. Orange triangle. It makes a lot more sense once you strip out the official wording. Here’s what it all means on the trail.