Te Araroa (2025)
On this page we will share links and information related to our upcoming Te Araroa hike. Te Araroa means “The Long Pathway” and stretches through the whole southern and northern island of New Zealand. We are planning to start from Bluff in the south, and make our way up to Cape Reinga in the north during the winter (or summer in New Zealand) 2024-2025. The whole route is about 3 000 km long and we’re expecting to hike all of it in about 4 months.
What the route looks like
Te Araroa - THE PLAN
Start: Bluff, mid-December 2024
End: Cape Reinga, mid-April 2025
Total days: ~120
Total distance: ~3 000 km
Planned resupplies: 2 (with shoes, new socks, medication etc)
Regions to pass through: 11/16 (Southland, Otagu, Canterbury, West Coast, Tasman, Marlborough, Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Waikato, Auckland, Northland)
Links:
Blog posts - The daily posts (planned to post with a delay of 10 days, this might change during the hike)
Plan - First tab is the real time plan of how we are walking and the second tab is the “original” plan. It is a Google Sheets file.
Planned route - Downloadable GPX-files from the Te Araroa website
On this link you can see where we are!