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Southern Circuit

Track • 4 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: less than 100m away

An isolated loop track that connects with Stewart Island's famous North West Circuit. Side tracks climb Mount Rakeahua (681m) and ... More ▶︎

Drop off at Masons Bay

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Getting dropped off at Masons Bay is a great idea More ▶︎

Mason Bay looking south,evening,at Ernest Islands.

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Stewart Island.Taken close to Cavalier Creek where we`d stayed at one of the hunters` huts.Great place to spend time-exploring,watching,collecting,photograghing,thinking.South of ... More ▶︎

Tin Range

Track • 2 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

This route traverses a remote range on Stewart Island, formerly home to tin miners and the country's last wild kakapo ... More ▶︎

Christmas Village Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 230m away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Christmas Village Hut on Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Long Harry Hut [removed]

Hut • Removed! • Distance: 506m away

Old hut, removed to another location. More ▶︎

North West Circuit

Track • 10 – 12 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 731m away

The classic Stewart Island coastal journey known widely for its mud, abundant birdlife and beautiful beaches. Links with the Rakiura ... More ▶︎

Codfish Island

Photograph • Distance: 897m away

Taken from a lookout point on the Ruggedy Mountains. More ▶︎

Christmas Village Beach

Photograph • Distance: 917m away

Taken a short distance from Christmas Village hut, looking South. A good place to spend a couple of nights with ... More ▶︎

Stewart Island's North West Circuit

Article • Distance: 956m away

A report of my tramp around the North West Circuit, November 2011. A personal account of a 'mature' tramper, with ... More ▶︎

Port William Hut, North West Circuit, Stewart Island

Photograph • Distance: 1.0km away

One of the huts on the easy Rakiura Trail, with a generous kitchen-lounge area and two separate bunkrooms. Look out ... More ▶︎

Port William

Photograph • Distance: 1.0km away

Jetty at the Port William Hut on the Rakiura Track More ▶︎

Port William campsite

Campsite • Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces. • Distance: 1.0km away

Grassy campsite at Magnetic Beach near Port William Hut on the Rakiura Track. More ▶︎

Port William Hut

Hut • Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.Bookings required. • Distance: 1.1km away

Hut at Magnetic Beach, Port William, Stewart Island. This is the first hut on the Rakiura Track. More ▶︎

Port William Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

Port William Hut is all that remains of the settlement. Well-situated above a beach with short walks nearby. Must book ... More ▶︎

Maori Beach

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

Estuary at the end of Maori Beach, Rakiura Track, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Maori Beach

Track • 0 – 2 days. Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.1km away

Coastal forest, beaches, and estuaries on the beginning of Stewart Island's Rakiura Track More ▶︎

Christmas Village Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 1.2km away

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Lagoon at Maori Bay, Stewart Island

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

The first large empty beach on the North West Circuit, with a nice swingbridge and a small lagoon at the ... More ▶︎

Maori Beach campsite

Campsite • Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces. • Distance: 1.2km away

Camping amongst the seaside grasses at Maori Beach. This is the site of an old sawmill, with a rusting steam ... More ▶︎

Cave at Long Harry Point

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

This sea cave goes right through under the point. Easily accessible from the Western end if the tides out, you ... More ▶︎

Beach near Long Harry Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Great wild coastline here, massive waves rolling in. Great driftwood, some huge flat rocks to clamber over and there is ... More ▶︎

Hair Driers Only

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

At last, somewhere I can plug mine into! Someone has a sence of humour at Long Harry hut. More ▶︎

Rock formation at Long Harry Point

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

You can access these rocks either by scrambing down to the Eastern beach at Long Harry, or by pushing through ... More ▶︎

Relaxing at Long Harry Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Making a cuppa while the socks are drying... Comfortable hut! More ▶︎

Long Harry Hut (palace)

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 1.4km away

Location, location, location. Gorgeous hut in incredibly picturesque setting above cliffs with accessible beaches. More ▶︎

Kiwi bones

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

On the last stretch to Long Harry Hut I came across the skeleton of a kiwi, it was hidden in ... More ▶︎

View of Codfish Island,on Stewart Is.Ernest Is and Mason Bay in foreground.

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Keeping away from the maddening crowd as much as possible,we headed down to Doughboy Bay.Paradise.Watched kiwi and did a little ... More ▶︎

One of the natives(kiwi)

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Kiwi can be seen,commonly,by day,consequence of a lack of predators.Imagine my surprise,when emerging from our tent site in the manuka ... More ▶︎

Doughboy Bay Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8. • Distance: 1.8km away

Doughboy Bay hut. During 2003 the old Long Harry hut was relocated to here. More ▶︎

Cavalier Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required. • Distance: 1.9km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the southern end of Mason Bay on Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Mason Bay stretches to the South

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

The Southern loop carries on that way down the beach. More ▶︎

Mason Bay Sunset

Photograph • Distance: 2.1km away

The end of a perfect day. More ▶︎

DzungN

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

Northwest Circuit, Rakiura, over Christmas and New Year 2000-01 The changeable weather was impressed. Good views of Smoky Beach from lunch ... More ▶︎

Mason Bay Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 2.4km away

Mason Bay hut More ▶︎

Lunch up the trail from Murray Beach

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Highest point of the old timber trail. Very muddy around here. More ▶︎

Freshwater Landing Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 2.9km away

Site of water taxi pickups up the Freshwater River in and out of Halfmoon Bay. Good tent sites in area ... More ▶︎

Martins Creek Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required. • Distance: 2.9km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Mason Bay Hut on Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Mason Bay Kiwi

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Completely unfazed by the humans looking at it, this kiwi spent a couple of minutes strolling across the lawn at ... More ▶︎

Nicest Hut Ever

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Mason Bay hut. Sun, sand, surf, a mowed lawn for spreading wet gear out on and a fresh water creek ... More ▶︎

Mt Anglem from the track

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

About the best shot of the moutain I got. 15 minutes after this was taken clouds roled in from the ... More ▶︎

Smoky Beach from the West

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

Taken from the extreme western end just before entering the bush and looking East down the beach. Fording Smoky creek ... More ▶︎

Rakeahua Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 3.2km away

Rakeahua hut. More ▶︎

Foveaux Strait from Mt Anglem

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

Looking North East towards the South Island and Bluff Hill. More ▶︎

Chain sculpture at Lee Bay

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

This sculpture marks the official entrance to Rakiura National Park. It was made by Russell Beck and has a twin ... More ▶︎

Rakiura Track

Track • 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 3.5km away

An historic walk through almost deserted, pure podocarp forest. More ▶︎

Murray River Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 3.5km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the northern end of Murray Beach on Stewart Island / ... More ▶︎

Hellfire Pass Sand dune

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

At Hellfire Pass you are actually standing ontop of a sand dune 220 metres tall stretching a kilometer inland. This ... More ▶︎

Hellfire Pass View

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Taken from the top of the pass looking North East towards Codfish Island. More ▶︎

Big Hellfire Beach

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away

Taken from near the foot of the sand dune looking South. The rocks in the middle of the picture are ... More ▶︎

East Ruggedy Beach

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away

Not the best picture as my camera lens was wet from a whole day tramping in a thunderstorm. This is ... More ▶︎

Hellfire Pass Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 3.9km away

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Mason Bay from the North

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

Descending down off the hill above Mason Head offers a great vista of the intire length of Mason Bay, one ... More ▶︎

Homestead Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 4.Bookings required. • Distance: 4.0km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust near Island Hill Homestead on Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Windblown manuka at Smokey Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.1km away

Roaming around the dunes here, you come across some nice scenes. More ▶︎

Mason Bay

Photograph • Distance: 4.2km away

Stewart Island.A trick of the evening light,not photoshop!Looking north from our cosy possie at Cavalier Creek.Just down the beach,at Leask ... More ▶︎

Great Walks Information

Article • Distance: 4.3km away

The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand. More ▶︎

Smoky Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

Descenting to the sand dunes on Smoky Beach, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Rakeahua River Campsite

Campsite • Backcountry Campsite (DOC). 2 spaces. • Distance: 4.4km away

On track from Doughboy Hill to the Rakeahua Hut. Approx 3 and a half hours from Rakeahua Hut right beside ... More ▶︎

Mason Bay

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away

Mason Bay, on the North West Circuit track, Stewart Island. taken December 2003. More ▶︎

Signpost in the dunes at Smokey Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

The first dune route of the trail, makes a nice change from all the bush tracks. More ▶︎

Hellfire Pass from Rocky Mount

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

Looking West from Rocky Mount gives you a vista over the huge swamp that is the interior of Stewart Island. ... More ▶︎

Ruggedy Island from East Ruggedy Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

Moody evening light on East Ruggedy Beach. Just me and the birds out at the end of the day. More ▶︎

Murray Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

Looking Northwest up the beach, Little Mt Anglem in background. More ▶︎

Mt Anglem lake

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

The lake near the top of Mt Anglem. Literally about 10 seconds after this shot was taken the cloud descended ... More ▶︎

Stewart Island Swamp

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

This one is thankfully boardwalked. Heading North East across the middle of the island the track leaves the massive sand ... More ▶︎

Mason Bay from Rocky Mount

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

An hour long scramble from Freshwater Hut gets you up to Rocky Mount and at 550 metres its gives you ... More ▶︎

Giant Sand dunes at Smoky Beach

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Taken from one of the tall Eastern ones looking West. More ▶︎

Upper Lords Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 5.0km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust on the Lords River, Stewart Island. Completed March 2012. More ▶︎

Murray Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Dropped the pack on a large boulder at the start of Murray Beach, a very nice bush-lines sheltered beach, typical ... More ▶︎

East Ruggedy Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 5.1km away

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West Ruggedy Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

Looking South down the beach towards North Red Head, a typical West Stewart Island beach littered with rocks, driftwood, and ... More ▶︎

Smoky Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

Taken from the Eastern end, my first taste of the massive sand dunes that exist on Stewart Islands more Western ... More ▶︎

West Ruggedy Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

The windswept West Ruggedy Beach on Stewart Island's North West Circuit. More ▶︎

Approaching Smokey Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

This is the first north-west facing beach and its quite different from the sheltered Eastern beaches, far more exposed and ... More ▶︎

Sunrise at Bungaree Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

View from the bunk at Bungaree Hut - looks like rain today! More ▶︎

Bungaree Hut- looking out on the bay

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

View from the Bungaree Hut, a classic, compact hut. More ▶︎

West Ruggedy track

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

A section of the track heading down from the Ruggedy hut to West Ruggedy beach. You descend down more massive ... More ▶︎

Windshorn trees at Lucky Beach

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Guess it gets a bit windy here. There were numerous trees and scrub here with wind damage. More ▶︎

Little Hellfire Beach

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Ironically quite a bit bigger then Big Hellfire Beach, this is looking South down the beach. The other side of ... More ▶︎

Bungaree Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

Overlooking Big Bungaree Beach, this hut has an idyllic location on the sheltered northern coast of Stewart Island. Easy access ... More ▶︎

Bungaree Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 6.1km away

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Stewart Island Interior

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away

Taken from the ridge an hour South East of Hellfire Pass, looking East inland to what is basically one giant ... More ▶︎

North Arm campsite

Campsite • Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 4 spaces. • Distance: 6.7km away

Camping under forest near North Arm Hut on the Rakiura Track. More ▶︎

North Arm Hut

Hut • Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.Bookings required. • Distance: 6.9km away

Hut on the Rakiura Track at North Arm on Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

The track is booked out? Try TrekWatch.net

Article • Distance: 7.1km away

SMS texts directly to your cellphone when a place becomes available. Free of charge! More ▶︎

Port Adventure Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 7.4km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in North Arm, Port Adventure, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Yankee River

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Beutiful spot. Could hear Yelloweyed penguins calling in the bush on the other side of the river but couldnt get ... More ▶︎

Yankee River Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Looking past the Yankee River hut towards the beach. The hut sits in a nice, sheltered area, its just a ... More ▶︎

Yankee River Beach

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Trying to spot yellow-eyed penguins from the rocky river bank. More ▶︎

Yankee River Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 7.5km away

Yankee River hut More ▶︎

North Tikotatahi Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 7.6km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Tikotatahi Bay, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Fred's Camp Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 7.7km away

Fred's camp hut. On the shore of Paterson Inlet. More ▶︎

Sawdust Bay

Hut • (DOC). • Distance: 7.9km away

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Southwest Arm Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 8.0km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust opposite Freds Camp in South West Arm on Stewart Island. Just ... More ▶︎

Kellys Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 8.5km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at Kellys Beach, Port Adventure, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Little Glory Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 8.7km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Glory Cove, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

Hapuatuna Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 9.1km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Hapuatuna Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

North Big Glory Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 6.Bookings required. • Distance: 9.1km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust at the mouth of Big Glory Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. More ▶︎

South Pegasus Hunters Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Rakiura Hunter Camps Charitable Trust). Capacity: 8.Bookings required. • Distance: 9.2km away

Basic hut maintained by the Rakiura Hunter Camp Trust in Islet Cove, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island. More ▶︎