Tramping tracks in Otago
99 tracks in the Otago region. Open a track for its elevation profile, GPX download and route map.
On the TrailTreks map
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Passes Mt Aspiring (planned) | 55.1 km | 3,924 m | 1,633 m | 4–5 days |
| Caples/Greenstone track | 60.2 km | 2,315 m | 991 m | 4 days |
| Eanslaw burn | 23.5 km | 1,021 m | 950 m | 1 day |
| Gillespie Pass Circuit (planned) | 44.8 km | 2,125 m | 1,603 m | 3–4 days |
| Lake Lochnagar | 65.4 km | 4,430 m | 1,954 m | 5 days |
| Mt Liverpool | 16.4 km | 1,350 m | 2,447 m | 1 day |
| North Col - Lake Nerine - Park Pass - Sugarloaf Pass | 43.1 km | 2,577 m | 1,615 m | 3 days |
| Routeburn Track (planned) | 17.0 km | 1,121 m | 1,308 m | 2–3 days |
DOC tracks
Great Walks, tramping tracks and routes from the Department of Conservation, with distance and elevation worked out by TrailTreks, nearby huts and a GPX download.
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Time (DOC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around Blue Lake Track | 2.9 km | 98 m | 620 m | 1 hr 30 min |
| Atleys Track | 3.5 km | 169 m | 592 m | 5 - 6 hr |
| Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area access tracks | 14.2 km | 694 m | 1,159 m | Various from 3 - 8 hr one way |
| Blue Valley Track | 16.8 km | 883 m | 974 m | 2-3 hr one way to Camp Flat |
| Boundary Creek Track | 2.3 km | 99 m | 876 m | 6 – 8 hr return |
| Breast Hill Track | 45.7 km | 1,770 m | 1,694 m | 3 days |
| Brewster Track | 2.8 km | 991 m | 1,451 m | 6 – 8 hr return |
| Brookdale Track | 3.7 km | 601 m | 853 m | 1 hr 30 min one way |
| Cairnmuir Hill Track | 20.6 km | 1,138 m | 1,113 m | 6–8 hr one way |
| Cameron Valley Track | 6.1 km | 680 m | 926 m | 4 - 5 hr one way |
| Cardrona-Cromwell Pack Track | 15.9 km | 1,201 m | 1,425 m | 9–12 hr one way |
| Careys Creek Track | 9.7 km | 320 m | 334 m | 4 hr one way |
| Cascade Saddle Route | 15.5 km | 1,447 m | 1,788 m | 4-5 days one way |
| Catlins River Track | 12.4 km | 272 m | 191 m | 5-6 hr one way |
| Chalkies Track | 4.7 km | 432 m | 521 m | 3 hr 30 min |
| Cloudy Peak Track | 7.2 km | 792 m | 1,118 m | 4 - 6 hr |
| Crown Range Road summit to Tuohys Gully | 23.4 km | 1,372 m | 1,587 m | 7 hr one way |
| Crystal Battery Track | 2.1 km | 201 m | 797 m | 2 hr |
| Devils Creek Track | 6.6 km | 870 m | 1,036 m | 4-6 hr return |
| Dingle Burn Track | 46.8 km | 2,493 m | 1,456 m | 3 - 4 days |
| Dry Creek Track | 8.4 km | 282 m | 540 m | 4 - 6 hr |
| Earnslaw Burn Track | 8.0 km | 573 m | 841 m | 4 to 6 hrs one way to the viewpoint |
| East Matukituki Valley tracks | 20.3 km | 1,097 m | 1,018 m | 3–4 hr |
| Flat Top Hill Tramping Track | 5.7 km | 228 m | 542 m | 2 – 3 hr |
| French Ridge Track | 16.0 km | 1,210 m | 1,482 m | 6 hr - 7 hr 30 min one way |
| Gillespie Pass Circuit | 64.9 km | 2,437 m | 1,612 m | 3 - 4 days |
| Glen Dene Ridge Track | 11.5 km | 609 m | 1,446 m | 10 to 14 hr return from Isthmus Creek Track car pa |
| Glencreag Track | 1.7 km | 176 m | 1,399 m | 2 hr 30 min – 3 hr one way |
| Glenroy Water Race Track | 4.9 km | 360 m | 1,419 m | 8 hr |
| Government Track | 8.2 km | 521 m | 503 m | 4 hr 30 min |
| Grandview Mountain Track | 8.6 km | 946 m | 1,387 m | 4 - 6 hr return |
| Grandview Ridge tracks | 35.6 km | 1,858 m | 1,448 m | Various from 3-11 hr |
| Greenstone and Caples tracks | 58.3 km | 1,252 m | 992 m | 4 days |
| Heyward Point Track | 4.2 km | 422 m | 226 m | 2 hr |
| Highcliff Track | 2.1 km | 229 m | 254 m | 1 hr 20 min return |
| Homestead Track | 1.7 km | 0 m | 738 m | 45 min |
| Hunter Valley tracks | 12.5 km | 154 m | 577 m | – |
| Kea Basin Track | 3.1 km | 493 m | 1,025 m | 8 - 10 hr return |
| Kirtle Burn Track | 12.2 km | 452 m | 1,910 m | 6 hr return |
| Kopuwai Track to Sisters Track | 7.7 km | 342 m | 1,584 m | 2 hr 30 min one way |
| Lake Alta Track | 1.2 km | 174 m | 1,798 m | 1 hr 30 min |
| Lake Hāwea Track | 32.8 km | 497 m | 481 m | 10 - 12 hr one way |
| Lake Roxburgh Walkway | 9.4 km | 80 m | 159 m | 3 hr | 7–10 hr |
| Last Creek Track | 4.1 km | 691 m | 944 m | 2 hr one way |
| Lindis Peak Track | 5.6 km | 858 m | 1,220 m | 5-6 hr return |
| Lindis Valley tracks | 53.6 km | 2,686 m | 1,439 m | 1.5 - 7 hr one way |
| Little Criffel Track | 16.8 km | 1,039 m | 1,376 m | 6–8 hr one way |
| Little Kyeburn Track | 4.1 km | 472 m | 1,201 m | 2 hr from start of the marked track |
| Liverpool Track | 14.6 km | 847 m | 1,141 m | 6 hr 30 min one way |
| Locharburn Track | 6.7 km | 1,119 m | 1,385 m | 4-6 hr return |
| Long Gully Loop Track | 10.1 km | 571 m | 762 m | 3-4 hr |
| Lower Tīmaru River Track | 10.2 km | 300 m | 603 m | 3 hr |
| Lower Wye Creek Track | 3.3 km | 609 m | 967 m | 4 hr return |
| Makarora Valley Track | 10.6 km | 497 m | 701 m | 5-7 hr one way |
| March Creek Track | 4.2 km | 579 m | 832 m | 1 hr 30 min – 2 hr one way |
| Maukaatua Route | 2.0 km | 568 m | 667 m | 1.5 hr one way |
| Minaret Burn Track | 22.0 km | 771 m | 673 m | – |
| Motatapu Track | 32.4 km | 2,645 m | 1,276 m | 3 - 4 days |
| Mount Shrimpton Track | 3.1 km | 802 m | 1,152 m | 5 hr return to bush edge |
| Mt Difficulty tracks | 40.9 km | 2,363 m | 1,267 m | 1 day |
| Mt McIntosh Loop Track | 12.4 km | 1,174 m | 1,466 m | 8-10 hr return |
| Nevis Valley tracks | 18.6 km | 1,208 m | 1,327 m | Various times over 4 hr return |
| Nicholsons Track | 2.7 km | 255 m | 1,634 m | 1 hr 30 min return |
| Obelisk Loop Track | 9.8 km | 358 m | 1,675 m | 3 hr 30 min loop |
| Omeo Gully Track | 9.3 km | 1,146 m | 1,367 m | 6 hr |
| Pisa Range Ridge Track | 29.2 km | 1,791 m | 1,961 m | 10 hr one way |
| Potters No. 2 Tramping Track, Huts to Grave | 1.3 km | 50 m | 1,248 m | 1 hr 30 min return |
| Prospect Hill Track | 10.1 km | 947 m | 1,402 m | 6–8 hr return |
| Pt 1,444 Trig | 29.2 km | 1,791 m | 1,961 m | 5-6 hr return |
| Rees-Dart Track | 59.9 km | 1,697 m | 1,470 m | 4-5 days one way |
| Roaring Meg Pack Track | 11.8 km | 687 m | 1,183 m | 7 hr one way |
| Rockvale Track | 4.6 km | 751 m | 1,040 m | 2 – 2 hr 30 min one way |
| Routeburn Track | 32.3 km | 1,328 m | 1,294 m | 2-4 days |
| Roxburgh Faces Tramping Track | 2.5 km | 368 m | 523 m | 1 hr 30 min - 2 hr from Flat Top Hill Tramping Tra |
| Sawyer Burn Track | 4.0 km | 603 m | 939 m | 1-2 hr to the bushline, 5 hr return to Sawyer Burn |
| Scott Creek Track | 3.6 km | 650 m | 1,015 m | 5-7 hr return |
| Shotover Saddle Route | 2.5 km | 1,022 m | 1,467 m | 6 hr |
| Silverpeaks Circuit Track | 23.8 km | 1,351 m | 770 m | 12 hr |
| Skyline Track | 21.9 km | 1,513 m | 1,617 m | 10-11 hrs |
| Steele Creek Track | 14.7 km | 863 m | 1,361 m | – |
| Stonehurst Track | 13.4 km | 869 m | 1,107 m | 4 hr 30 min – 5 hr 30 min one way |
| Sugarloaf/Rockburn Track | 12.8 km | 929 m | 1,162 m | 8-11 hr (Routeburn carpark - Lake Sylvan) |
| The Sisters Track | 4.1 km | 150 m | 1,402 m | 1 hr 30 min one way |
| Thisbe Valley Track | 8.6 km | 305 m | 427 m | – |
| Tinwald Burn Ridge Track | 10.2 km | 1,537 m | 1,883 m | 8 hr return |
| Trotters Creek Track | 1.4 km | 28 m | 81 m | 30 min one way |
| Trotters Gorge Track | 2.0 km | 152 m | 199 m | 2 hr return |
| Waipohatu Waterfalls Track | 4.5 km | 162 m | 179 m | 3 hours |
| West Matukituki Track | 15.7 km | 560 m | 831 m | 6 hr one way |
| Wilkin Valley - East Matukituki Traverse | 38.3 km | 1,956 m | 1,594 m | 7 - 10 hr |
| Wilkin Valley tracks | 32.3 km | 1,254 m | 1,133 m | 4–5 days |
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