Wakatipu Walks brochure June 2010 - Department of Conservation

Welcome to Wakatipu 

From mountain tops to lakeside strolls, the Wakatipu 

area offers spectacular views and an outstanding 

range of walking experiences. 

Four maps are shown in this brochure with numbered 

walks starting on the main map overleaf. 

Map symbols 

NOTE: The maps in this brochure are a guide only and 

should not be used for navigation purposes. 

Always contact the nearest visitor centre for the latest 

information about facilities and conditions. 

Route - track unformed, often steep and rugged 

with river crossings. Boot standard and suitable 

only for very fit, experienced and properly 

equipped groups. 

Tramping track - limited track formation, often 

with steep grades. Boot standard and suitable for 

fit, experienced and properly equipped groups. 

Walking track - a defined, formed track. Shoe 

standard and suitable for most ages and ability. 

Short walk - well formed track with easy grades. 

Shoe standard and suitable for all ages and 

ability. 

Easy access walk Interpreted walk 

Mountain biking Dog walking 

Climbing Four wheel driving 

Swimming Kayaking/canoeing 

Lookout/views Fishing 

Picnicking Bird watching 

Historic sites Hut 

Camping Toilet facilities 

No horses No dogs 

No camping No vehicles 

Managed by Queenstown Lakes District Council 

Managed by Department of Conservation 

Managed by Otago Regional Council 

Managed by Wakatipu Trails Trust 

Suggestions for walks 

Bush Walk – One Mile Creek Walk 

Challenging walk, alpine views – Ben Lomond Track 

Lake Views – Twelve Mile Delta to Bobs Cove Track 

Historic – Mt Crichton Loop Track 

Scenery – Sunshine Bay Track 

Shorter walk with views – Queenstown Hill Time Walk 

Lakeside stroll – Lake Hayes Walkway 

Further Information 

Queenstown Regional Visitor Centre 

36-38 Shotover Street 

PO Box 811, Queenstown 9348 

Ph: +64 3 442 7935 

Email: queenstownvc@doc.govt.nz 

Web: www.doc.govt.nz 

Cover Photos: Bobs Cove (DOC Wakatipu), Mt 

Crichton Loop Track (DOC Wakatipu), View of the 

Remarkables from Mt Dewar (Anna Humphries) 

Published by Department of Conservation 

PO Box 5244, Moray Place 

Dunedin 9016 

June 2010. © Crown Copyright. 

9 421005 174991 > 

Wakatipu Walks 

Walks of all grades and length 

from 15 minutes to a full day 

QUEENSTOWN / ARROWTOWN AREA

Arrowtown Area 

A variety of walks around Arrowtown take in historic 

sites and amazing scenery. Ensure you are prepared 

for the weather conditions. 

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Lake Hayes 

Walkway 

Time: 2-3 hr return 

Start/Finish: Lake Hayes Pavilion and show grounds 

on SH 6; Bendemeer Bay; North Lake 

Hayes picnic area; Arrowtown Rd and 

Rutherford Rd (off Speargrass Flat Rd). 

Stroll, walk, run or cycle around a lake surrounded 

by spectacular mountains; also home to a healthy 

population of Australasian crested grebe. 

25 

Millennium Walkway 

Time: 1.5 hr return 

Start/Finish: Arrowtown Skate Park; Ford St (either 

end); other access points along the way 

A relaxing stroll along the south bank of the Arrow 

River. 

26 

Tobins Track 

Time: 1 hr return 

Start/Finish: Arrowtown Millenium Walkway 

Tobins Track climbs up to Crown Terrace for 

spectacular views of the Wakatipu Basin and the 

mountains surrounding it. 

27 

Arrowtown Chinese 

Settlement 

Time: at your leisure 

Start/Finish: Arrowtown Chinese Settlement Reserve 

A fully interpreted walk through Arrowtown’s restored 

Chinese Settlement. Further information: The 

Arrowtown Chinese Settlement, available from the 

DOC Queenstown Regional Visitor Centre. 

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Bush Creek 

Track 

Time: 30 min return 

Start/Finish: Arrowtown Chinese 

Settlement 

Managed by Arrowtown Village 

Association 

A relaxing walk along Bush Creek 

that leads to Arrowtown’s old 

water supply intake (est.1881). 

Walk through the Chinese 

Settlement first and on to the 

picnic area, where the track 

begins. 

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Sawpit Gully – 

Arrow Gorge Track 


Start/Finish: Arrowtown Chinese 

Settlement or Arrow Gorge 

Crosses private land 

Managed by Arrowtown Village 

Association 

An enjoyable loop walk that 

comes off Big Hill Track at 

Eichardts Flat and goes down 

Sawpit Gully to the Arrow River. 

From here either follow the Arrow 

Gorge Track along the pipeline, or 

cross the Arrow by the bridge and 

return via the Macetown Rd. 

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Macetown Road 

Time: 3-4 hr one way, 6-8 hr return 

Start/Finish: Across Bush Ck from 

Arrowtown Chinese Settlement 

The start/finish of the Motatapu 

Track that links the Arrowtown 

area with Wanaka is at Macetown. 

Base map image supplied by Geographx (NZ) Ltd

Fernhill 

Loop Track 

9 

Queenstown Area 

Magnificent mountain and lake views are easily 

accessible from the centre of Queenstown. 

31 

Tiki Trail 


Start: Gondola Base building 

This steep, zig zag climb through pine forest 

emerges on the Skyline Access Road and provides 

alternative access to other tracks in the area. 

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9 

WYNYARD 

CAMERON 

10 

17 

Town Link Track 

Time: 15 min one way 

Ben 

Lomond 

Track 

One 

Mile 

Creek 

Walk 

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Town 

Link Track 

FERNHILL 

Start/Finish: Cameron Place/Thompson St/One Mile 

This track links Queenstown with the Fernhill 

residential area. 

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LOMOND 

Tiki Trail 

GLASGOW 

THOMPSON 

To Glenorchy 

BEACON 

BEACH 

Queenstown 

Bay 

To 

Arrowtown 

ISLE 

SHOTOVER 

CAMP 

Queenstown 

Regional 

Visitor Centre 

BEETHAM 

STANLEY 

• Protect plants and animals 

• Remove rubbish 

• Bury toilet waste 

• Keep streams and lakes clean 

• Take care with fires 

• Camp carefully 

• Keep to the track 

• Consider others 

• Respect our cultural heritage 

• Enjoy your visit 

• Toitu te whenua (leave the land 

undisturbed) 

Please respect private land 

Queenstown 

Hill /TeTapanui 

Time Walk 

EDGAR 

PARK 

Frankton 

Arm 

ADELAIDE 

To 

Frankton 

Frankton Arm 

Walkway 

Where tracks cross private land please respect the 

landowner’s property, don’t disturb livestock and 

leave gates as you find them. Thank you. 

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FRANKTON 

One Mile /Fernhill 

roundabout 0 200 

metres 

18 

The Doolans Catchment and 

Remarkables Conservation Areas 

These are high altitude walks and suitable for summer 

only, when snow may still be present. Be prepared for sudden 

weather changes. 

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Lower Wye Creek Track 


Start/Finish: Wye Creek, SH6, 20 min drive from 

Queenstown 


From the carpark by the Wye Creek Bridge, it’s a 45min 

climb to the hydro dam. This steep, zig zag track 

follows the pipeline from the dam. Don’t cross the 

dam, climb away from the creek – the track leads to 

the foot of a rock bluff. To reach the bush line and the 

Lower Wye Creek basin from the dam means another 

hour following a marked, benched track through 

beech forest. It then emerges beside the stream in 

the Lower Wye Creek basin. 

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Lake Alta Track 


Start/Finish: Remarkables Ski Field buildings 

A steady climb to a picturesque glacial lake. It begins 

on the road behind the base building and crosses the 

Rastus Burn. The track climbs just over the burn, by 

the Sugarbowl Chairlift. Cairns and flagstones mark 

the way through alpine wetlands, up to the cirque 

beyond the top of the Alta Chairlift. 

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Mt Rosa Track 

Time: 3-4 hr one way 

Start/Finish: Coal Pit Saddle Rd carpark or the 

carpark on SH6 near Victoria Bridge 


Starting with a steady climb to Mt Rosa, the track 

crosses the top with great views of the Nevis Bluff, the 

Kawarau Gorge and the lower Wakatipu Basin. Follow 

the track past Mt Mason and down to the flats and 

the carpark. Doolans Creek’s remnant tötara forest is 

accessible from the conservation area.

36 

Glenroy Water Race Track 

Time: 3-4 hr one way, 8 hr return 

Start/Finish: Coal Pit Saddle Rd Carpark 


From the Coal Pit Rd carpark the route follows the 

historic Welshmen’s Water Race through several 

creeks, then steadily climbs to the the Remarkables 

Conservation Area boundary. The route then follows 

Mt Salmond Ridge to Ben Cruachan to give good 

views of Lake Wakatipu, the Basin and Nevis Bluff. 

The water race was built by Welshmen for what 

were unsuccessful gold mining operations around 

Gibbston. 

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Wentworth Track 

Time: 2-3 hr to the conservation area boundary, 5-6 

hr one way to track end, full day return 

Start/Finish: Coal Pit Saddle Rd car park 


Descend from Coal Pit Saddle into Doolans Creek’s 

right branch. Ford the creek and follow the 4WD 

road up around the face of the hill to a sign-posted 

junction. Here, the walking track branches to the 

right. Follow it to the Wentworth Conservation Area 

for views of the Pisa and Old Woman Ranges and 

Nevis Bluff. The track continues along the ridge, 

providing access to the alpine basins of Doolans 

Catchment and the back of The Remarkables. 

View from Mt Rosa Track 

Photo: Tyler Rose 

Base map image supplied 

by Geographx (NZ) Ltd

10 Ben Lomond Walking Track 

Time: The summit 6-8 hr return; Ben Lomond Saddle 3-4 hr return 

Start/Finish: Halfway up and top of Skyline Access Rd; One Mile Creek 

Walk; Tiki Trail 

Crosses private land (section from saddle to summit) 

The track begins in beech forest on the One Mile Creek Walk or among 

Douglas fir on the Skyline Access Road. At 800m you pass through alpine 

tussock and shrubs. The next section leads to the saddle (Ben Lomond 

Station) and the climb gets steeper as it approaches Ben Lomond’s 

1,748m summit. The view includes Mounts Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi and 

Aspiring/Tititea. 

April to November; be prepared for snow and ice above the bush line. 

9 Fernhill Loop Track 

Time: 3-4 hr loop 

Start/Finish: Halfway along Wynyard Crescent on One Mile Track or 

halfway up Skyline Access Rd 

From Wynyard Crescent continue up the Fernhill-One Mile Track then 

descend to the Skyline Access Road. Enter the One Mile Creek walk 

100m down the road (see below). The track closest to Fernhill is steep; 

the rest is gradual and undulating. It passes through exotic and beech 

forest, then alpine tussockland, and has excellent views. 

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2 Bobs Cove Bridle Track 


Start/Finish: Bobs Cove. For safety, return via the track, not Glenorchy Rd 

This is the original bridle track linking Queenstown and Glenorchy. Schist 

retaining walls along the shoreline just north of Bobs Cove can still be 

seen. The many köwhai, fuchsia/kötukutuku and rata trees bordering the 

lake attract nectar-feeding native birds. The track passes one of the few 

mature red beech stands in the Wakatipu. 

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Moke Lake to Arthurs Point – 

Moonlight Track 

Time: 4 hr one way 

Start/Finish: Moke Lake Recreation Reserve (via Ben Lomond Station 

farm road and Moonlight Track), Arthurs Point Township 


Managed by Ben Lomond Station, this popular walk explores the gold 

mining history of Moke Creek and remnants of the old mining settlement, 

Sefferstown. From Moke Lake campsite follow the farm road above 

Moke Creek to Sefferstown. The farm road forks here, take the right fork. 

Pass the sign to Ben Lomond Saddle and soon after turn right onto the 

Moonlight Track to Arthurs Point. 

4 Mt Crichton Loop Track 


Start/Finish: 10km from Queenstown on Glenorchy Rd 

This track is in the Mt Crichton Scenic Reserve and passes through 

mountain beech and mänuka, with red beech in the gullies. Twelve Mile 

Creek Gorge was worked intensively by gold miners and signs of sluicing 

can still be seen. A short side track below Sam Sumners Hut leads to an 

impressive rock fissure once used as a tail race. A link to the Lake Dispute 

Walkway is signposted on the ridge on the eastern side. 

Mountain-biking on this track and the link to Lake Dispute is not permitted 

Bobs Cove Track and 

Nature Walk 

Time: 30 min to the kiln, via the nature walk 

Start/Finish: Bobs Cove, 14 km from Queenstown on the Glenorchy Rd 

Bobs Cove/Te Punatapu has lakeside walks, historic sites, swimming 

and shore fishing. Plaques on the nature walk describe the vegetation. 

Te Punatapu was a camping place for Southern Mäori on the pounamu/ 

greenstone trail to the head of Lake Wakatipu and beyond. 

In the 1800s the Wakatipu Lime Company quarried and processed Bobs 

Cove limestone. They produced lime for mortar and agricultural fertiliser 

and shipped it to Queenstown. The last remaining kiln is on the track to 

Picnic Point. The gum trees were planted to fuel the kilns. 

Twelve Mile Delta-Bobs 

Cove Track 


Start: On the Glenorchy Rd turn off at the Twelve Mile Delta 

Camping and Picnic Area sign and follow the signs to the 

track start at the western end of the camping area. 

The track passes an area of both geological and historic interest 

as the terraces here contain very interesting deposits of ancient 

marine sediment. Similar material may also be found in the rocks 

at Farrys Beach. 

12 Shotover Canyon Track 

13 Atley Track 


Start/Finish: Off the Devils Creek Track, 2-3 hr from 

either entrance to that track 


The Shotover Canyon Track drops steeply from the 

Devils Creek Track, giving access to the Shotover Creek 

Conservation Area. 

11 Moonlight Track – Ben Lomond Saddle to 

Arthurs Point/Moke Lake 


Start/Finish: Ben Lomond Track, Sefferstown, Arthurs Point, Moke Lake 


Managed by Ben Lomond Station. Follow the poled walking track from the saddle to the farm road. 

Turn left to Sefferstown and Moke Lake and or right to go to Arthurs Point. 


view 

Map 1 

7 Moke Lake Loop Track 


Start/Finish: Moke Lake Reserve 

This popular short, undulating walk through grassland is surrounded 

by mountains and goes right round the lake. A short boardwalk at the 

southern end protects a small wetland. 

6 Moke Lake-Lake Dispute Track 


Start/Finish: Glenorchy Rd; Lake Dispute Walkway; Moke 

Lake camping area 

At Lake Dispute the track goes along the lake, through a 

low saddle to skirt farmland and follows the fence on the 

left of the valley floor. At Moke Lake, the choices are: go 

direct to Moke Lake Rd (1 hr) then along the road to the 

picnic and camping area (30 min) or around the lake to 

the picnic and camping area (1.5 hr). 

view 

Map 4 

Base map image supplied by Geographx (NZ) Ltd 

Time: 5-6 hr 

Start/Finish: Skippers Saddle, Skippers Rd 

Crosses a mixture of Conservation and private land 

Many historic gold mining features can be seen from Atley Track, on 

both sides of the river, as it leads to Atley Terrace Historic Reserve 

and huts. There are superb views from the summit of Mt Dewar. 

5 Lake Dispute Walkway 


Start/Finish: 1.5 km beyond Wilson Bay 

turnoff 

From the signpost on the Glenorchy Road 

there’s a steep climb through pittosporum/ 

köhühü shrubland. Lake Dispute is a popular 

fishing spot; brown, brook and splake trout 

can all be caught here. A link to the Mt 

Crichton Loop Track is at the south end of the 

lake – allow 40 minutes. Cross the weir, follow 

the lake shore to the fence line, and then up 

to the ridge. 

23 Seven Mile Point-Wilson Bay Track 

Time: 1.5 hr one way 

Start/Finish: Glenorchy Rd or Wilson Bay 

From Seven Mile Creek the track passes through regenerating bush up 

to Seven Mile Point. On the descent there are good views of Wilson Bay 

from Kirks Terrace. 

view 

Map 2 

view 

Map 3 

21 Sunshine Bay Walk 

Time: 45 min - 1 hr return 

Start: 1 km past the Fernhill roundabout 

A pleasant walk with occasional lake views, through native 

bush to Sunshine Bay’s jetty. A side track leads to the eightmetre, 

Two Mile Creek Falls. 

22 Arawata Track 


Start/Finish: Arawata Terrace or Glenorchy Rd near Five Mile Creek 

An easy track that’s part of the original Queenstown to Glenorchy 

bridle trail, with interesting rock formations and good lake views. 

15 Oxenbridge Tunnel Track 


14 Devils Creek 

Track 

Time: 5-6 hr Skippers Saddle to Coronet 

Peak Rd 

Start/Finish: Coronet Peak Rd or Skippers 

Saddle 

Crosses a mixture of Conservation/private land 

The track begins gently in tussock grassland, 

becoming steeper towards the saddle, with 

great views of the Wakatipu Basin. Beyond the 

saddle the track goes through bluffs then into 

Devils Creek and stands of grey shrublands. 

Start/Finish: Turn left just before the Edith Cavell Bridge at Arthurs 

Point 

A short easy walk to a viewpoint that overlooks the historic 

Oxenbridge Tunnel river diversion and an old steam engine. 

16 Queenstown Hill/Te Tapunui Time Walk 


Start/Finish: Belfast St 


This scenic walk climbs some 500m to the summit of Te Tapunui – mountain of intense 

sacredness. At the summit, rock tors provide grandstand seating to take in the 360degree 

panoramic view that includes the Remarkables, Cecil Peak, the Frankton and 

South Arms and Queenstown Bay/Tahuna. There’s also a small tarn surrounded by bog 

pine and excellent rock climbing opportunities. 

17 One Mile Creek Walk 

Time: 1-1.5 hr return 

Start/Finish: One Mile roundabout 

This passes through the closest beech forest to Queenstown and 

is home to several native bird species. The track follows an old 

pipeline up to One Mile Dam, one of New Zealand’s first hydroelectric 

power schemes. From here you can retrace your steps 

or go on to the Skyline Access Road and the Fernhill-One Mile 

Creek Track or the Ben Lomond Track across the dam to Wynyard 

Crescent. 

18 Frankton Arm 

Walkway 

Time: 1-1.5 hr one way 

Start/Finish: Park St, Frankton Reserve 

This wide, flat track follows the lake shore and gives 

particularly good views of the Remarkables. 

19 Kelvin Peninsula 

Track 


Start/Finish: Kawarau Falls Bridge, Jardine Park 

A leisurely lakeside walk along the Frankton Arm’s 

southern shoreline. 

20 Jacks Point Track 

Time: 2hr one way to Jacks Point Clubhouse 

Start: Jardine Park at the end of Poplar Drive 

Another walk with superb lake and mountain views, 

over undulating open grassland and scattered 

scrub, ending at Jacks Point.

10 

8 

Ben Lomond Walking Track 

Time: The summit 6-8 hr return; Ben Lomond Saddle 3-4 hr return 

Start/Finish: Halfway up and top of Skyline Access Rd; One Mile Creek 

Walk; Tiki Trail 

Crosses private land (section from saddle to summit) 

The track begins in beech forest on the One Mile Creek Walk or among 

Douglas fir on the Skyline Access Road. At 800m you pass through alpine 

tussock and shrubs. The next section leads to the saddle (Ben Lomond 

Station) and the climb gets steeper as it approaches Ben Lomond’s 

1,748m summit. The view includes Mounts Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi and 

Aspiring/Tititea. 


9 

Fernhill Loop Track 


Start/Finish: Halfway along Wynyard Crescent on One Mile Track or 

halfway up Skyline Access Rd 

From Wynyard Crescent continue up the Fernhill-One Mile Track then 

descend to the Skyline Access Road. Enter the One Mile Creek walk 

100m down the road (see below). The track closest to Fernhill is steep; 

the rest is gradual and undulating. It passes through exotic and beech 

forest, then alpine tussockland, and has excellent views. 

Moke Lake to Arthurs Point – 

Moonlight Track 


Start/Finish: Moke Lake Recreation Reserve (via Ben Lomond Station 

farm road and Moonlight Track), Arthurs Point Township 


Managed by Ben Lomond Station, this popular walk explores the gold 

mining history of Moke Creek and remnants of the old mining settlement, 

Sefferstown. From Moke Lake campsite follow the farm road above 

Moke Creek to Sefferstown. The farm road forks here, take the right fork. 

Pass the sign to Ben Lomond Saddle and soon after turn right onto the 

Moonlight Track to Arthurs Point. 

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11 

Moonlight Track – Ben Lomond Saddle to 

Arthurs Point/Moke Lake 


Start/Finish: Ben Lomond Track, Sefferstown, Arthurs Point, Moke Lake 


Managed by Ben Lomond Station. Follow the poled walking track from the saddle to the farm road. 

Turn left to Sefferstown and Moke Lake and or right to go to Arthurs Point. 


7 

Shotover Canyon Track 


Start/Finish: Off the Devils Creek Track, 2-3 hr from 

either entrance to that track 


The Shotover Canyon Track drops steeply from the 

Devils Creek Track, giving access to the Shotover Creek 

Conservation Area. 

Map 1 

Moke Lake Loop Track 


Start/Finish: Moke Lake Reserve 

This popular short, undulating walk through grassland is surrounded 

by mountains and goes right round the lake. A short boardwalk at the 

southern end protects a small wetland.

13 

Atley Track 

Time: 5-6 hr 

Start/Finish: Skippers Saddle, Skippers Rd 

Crosses a mixture of Conservation and private land 

Many historic gold mining features can be seen from Atley Track, on 

both sides of the river, as it leads to Atley Terrace Historic Reserve 

and huts. There are superb views from the summit of Mt Dewar. 

Map 2 

16 

15 Oxenbridge Tunnel Track 


14 

Devils Creek 

Track 

Time: 5-6 hr Skippers Saddle to Coronet Peak 

Rd 

Start/Finish: Coronet Peak Rd or Skippers 

Saddle 

Crosses a mixture of Conservation/private land 

The track begins gently in tussock grassland, 

becoming steeper towards the saddle, with 

great views of the Wakatipu Basin. Beyond the 

saddle the track goes through bluffs then into 

Devils Creek and stands of grey shrublands. 

Start/Finish: Turn left just before the Edith Cavell Bridge at Arthurs 

Point 

A short easy walk to a viewpoint that overlooks the historic 

Oxenbridge Tunnel river diversion and an old steam engine. 

Queenstown Hill/Te Tapunui Time Walk 


Start/Finish: Belfast St 


This scenic walk climbs some 500m to the summit of Te Tapunui – mountain of intense 

sacredness. At the summit, rock tors provide grandstand seating to take in the 360degree 

panoramic view that includes the Remarkables, Cecil Peak, the Frankton and 

South Arms and Queenstown Bay/Tahuna. There’s also a small tarn surrounded by bog 

pine and excellent rock climbing opportunities. 

17 

One Mile Creek Walk 

Time: 1-1.5 hr return 

Start/Finish: One Mile roundabout 

This passes through the closest beech forest to Queenstown and 

is home to several native bird species. The track follows an old 

pipeline up to One Mile Dam, one of New Zealand’s first hydroelectric 

power schemes. From here you can retrace your steps 

or go on to the Skyline Access Road and the Fernhill-One Mile 

Creek Track or the Ben Lomond Track across the dam to Wynyard 

Crescent.

21 

Sunshine Bay Walk 

Time: 45 min - 1 hr return 

Start: 1 km past the Fernhill roundabout 

A pleasant walk with occasional lake views, through native 

bush to Sunshine Bay’s jetty. A side track leads to the eightmetre, 

Two Mile Creek Falls. 

22 

Arawata Track 


Map 3 

Start/Finish: Arawata Terrace or Glenorchy Rd near Five Mile Creek 

An easy track that’s part of the original Queenstown to Glenorchy 

bridle trail, with interesting rock formations and good lake views. 

18 

Frankton Arm 

Walkway 


Start/Finish: Park St, Frankton Reserve 

This wide, flat track follows the lake shore and gives 

particularly good views of the Remarkables. 

19 

Kelvin Peninsula 

Track 


Start/Finish: Kawarau Falls Bridge, Jardine Park 

A leisurely lakeside walk along the Frankton Arm’s 

southern shoreline. 

20 

Jacks Point Track 

Time: 2hr one way to Jacks Point Clubhouse 

Start: Jardine Park at the end of Poplar Drive 

Another walk with superb lake and mountain views, 

over undulating open grassland and scattered 

scrub, ending at Jacks Point.

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3 

2 

1 

Mt Crichton Loop Track 


Start/Finish: 10km from Queenstown on Glenorchy Rd 

This track is in the Mt Crichton Scenic Reserve and passes through 

mountain beech and mänuka, with red beech in the gullies. Twelve Mile 

Creek Gorge was worked intensively by gold miners and signs of sluicing 

can still be seen. A short side track below Sam Sumners Hut leads to an 

impressive rock fissure once used as a tail race. A link to the Lake Dispute 

Walkway is signposted on the ridge on the eastern side. 

Mountain-biking on this track and the link to Lake Dispute is not permitted 

Bobs Cove Track and 

Nature Walk 

Time: 30 min to the kiln, via the nature walk 

Start/Finish: Bobs Cove, 14 km from Queenstown on the Glenorchy Rd 

Bobs Cove/Te Punatapu has lakeside walks, historic sites, swimming 

and shore fishing. Plaques on the nature walk describe the vegetation. 

Te Punatapu was a camping place for Southern Mäori on the pounamu/ 

greenstone trail to the head of Lake Wakatipu and beyond. 

In the 1800s the Wakatipu Lime Company quarried and processed Bobs 

Cove limestone. They produced lime for mortar and agricultural fertiliser 

and shipped it to Queenstown. The last remaining kiln is on the track to 

Picnic Point. The gum trees were planted to fuel the kilns. 

Bobs Cove Bridle Track 


Start/Finish: Bobs Cove. For safety, return via the track, not Glenorchy Rd 

This is the original bridle track linking Queenstown and Glenorchy. Schist 

retaining walls along the shoreline just north of Bobs Cove can still be 

seen. The many köwhai, fuchsia/kötukutuku and rata trees bordering the 

lake attract nectar-feeding native birds. The track passes one of the few 

mature red beech stands in the Wakatipu. 

Twelve Mile Delta-Bobs 

Cove Track 


Start: On the Glenorchy Rd turn off at the Twelve Mile Delta 

Camping and Picnic Area sign and follow the signs to the 

track start at the western end of the camping area. 

The track passes an area of both geological and historic interest 

as the terraces here contain very interesting deposits of ancient 

marine sediment. Similar material may also be found in the rocks 

at Farrys Beach. 

6 

Moke Lake-Lake Dispute Track 


Start/Finish: Glenorchy Rd; Lake Dispute Walkway; Moke 

Lake camping area 

At Lake Dispute the track goes along the lake, through a 

low saddle to skirt farmland and follows the fence on the 

left of the valley floor. At Moke Lake, the choices are: go 

direct to Moke Lake Rd (1 hr) then along the road to the 

picnic and camping area (30 min) or around the lake to 

the picnic and camping area (1.5 hr). 

Map 4 

Base map image supplied by Geographx (NZ) Ltd 

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Lake Dispute Walkway 


Start/Finish: 1.5 km beyond Wilson Bay 

turnoff 

From the signpost on the Glenorchy Road 

there’s a steep climb through pittosporum/ 

köhühü shrubland. Lake Dispute is a popular 

fishing spot; brown, brook and splake trout 

can all be caught here. A link to the Mt 

Crichton Loop Track is at the south end of the 

lake – allow 40 minutes. Cross the weir, follow 

the lake shore to the fence line, and then up 

to the ridge. 

23 Seven Mile Pt-Wilson Bay Track 

Time: 1.5 hr one way 

Start/Finish: Glenorchy Rd or Wilson Bay 

From Seven Mile Creek the track passes through 

regenerating 

bush up to Seven Mile Point. On the descent there are 

good

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