The Romantic Routeburn

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The Routeburn Track is one of New Zealand’s ten official Great Walks (soon to be eleven).

In UNESCO World Heritage surroundings, the Routeburn Track was also reputedly named one of the eleven top trails in the world by National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2005. It leads from the headwaters of Lake Wakatipu to the Divide, on the road to Milford Sound.

The whole 32-kilometre track can be done as amulti-day hike, but sections of the track are also very accessible to day-walkers.

Also dubbed ‘the ultimate alpine adventure’ by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) and others, the Routeburn Track boasts unrivalled views of the Southern Alps to the east and the Darran Mountains to the west.

Original blog post: a-maverick.com/blog/romantic-routeburn