Your ultimate walking and hiking guide!
I’ve walked through lush native bush on a North Island walk and ancient forests on a South Island walk. I especially enjoy the coastlines and beautiful beaches on walks in Auckland.
See a glacier up close on our Franz Josef Glacier walk or dramatic snow-capped mountain ranges from the many Queenstown walks we have done.
We love Wanaka and it’s walking, you won’t get bored here. You can walk them for free, no guide is needed.
Walk Dunedin for the history and beautiful old buildings. We’ve covered North Island walks and South Island walks in New Zealand.
Every time a new walk is added to the site it will appear here first. If you subscribe to my email you’ll also get notified there as well. Don’t worry we don’t add that many, it takes time to walk the walk and then write it all up. I like to aim for one email per week, but it could quite easily be less than that.
New Zealand has so many fantastic walking and hiking tracks that you can explore totally for free. From short walks, and day hikes to full on overnight stays in DOC huts.
Here’s my quick guide to the 12 best walks worth doing in New Zealand, as rated by me. I’ve included lots of high quality photos actually taken on the walk, walking times, length, track quality, highlights, hazards if any, and everything in between.
I’m all about sharing my love for walking with everyone, in particular the free walking tracks around New Zealand. Seriously, there are 1000’s of free walks and I can’t get enough of exploring them.
Walking not only lets me soak up the stunning beauty of New Zealand’s great outdoors, but it also does wonders for my body and mind.
I’ve put together this directory of free walking and hiking trails around New Zealand for you to enjoy. Meet my awesome team of passionate walkers. We’re a bunch of walking enthusiasts who are totally hooked on the joy of hitting the trails in New Zealand.
Lace up your walking boots and join me on my incredible walking journeys, I can’t wait to inspire you to fall in love with walking in New Zealand too!
I’ll only send you emails when I’ve added some new interesting walks to the website that I think you might like.
Hi, I’m Sandra, the creator of the Freewalks website. I am a real person with a genuine passion for walking and hiking. This is me at Warren’s Waterfall on Great Barrier Island.
Address:
Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Ph: 0277 280862
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sandra@freewalks.nz
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