Backpack Nelson Guides - New Zealand travel guide for Nelson

By now you've probably browsed the site and decided that the Nelson Region is definitely a place you'd like to visit and stay awhile.

We've developed the Essential Guides as a way of sorting out information that you might need and presenting it in a format that is easy just to pull up, peruse and print out if you wish.

The Guides provide a brief outline - we've tried to keep them to just one page. They will provide you with a starting point and there are links to other sites and places where you can get more information.

The following are the Essential Guides that are currently available on this site.

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Abel Tasman National Park (including walking the Coastal Track)

Kahurangi National Park (including walking the Heaphy Track)

Nelson Lakes National Park (including skiing at Rainbow Ski Area)

Things to do on a Rainy Day in Nelson City (yes ... it does sometimes rain here)

Nelson City Short Walks There are lots of good walks in and close by Nelson City here's a few suggestions ...

Golden Bay Overview

Nelson Breweries

Courses including English Language, yoga, bone carving, jewellery making and glass bead making, aromatherapy, meditation, creative tourism courses and lots more …..

Just a couple of notes regarding the National Parks Guides:

In Kiwi Land we generally call what is known as "hiking" in many other parts of the world "tramping". So we would say "we are going tramping for the weekend" as opposed to "hiking".
Also you'll see the word DOC used. This is an abbreviation for Department Of Conservation - the central government organisation that looks after all our National Parks.

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Backpacker say
"We tramped the Abel Tasman Coast track from Marahau to Wainui (the very end). It was fantastic! And I highly recommend carrying your own tent and staying at the small camp grounds along the way - fewer people and often better locations (plus cheaper!)."
Julie, Australia

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