{"id":3887,"date":"2024-07-28T14:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T06:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/?p=3887"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:15:38","slug":"routeburn-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/zh\/routeburn-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Routeburn Track In 3 Days | South Island Great Walk + Side Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Routeburn Track is one of the <\/span>Great Walks in New Zealand<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s an ultimate alpine journey that weaves through both Fiordland National Park and Mount Aspiring National Park. This 33 kilometers track takes you over spectacular mountain ranges, valleys, alpine gardens, and epic waterfalls. The great walk season starts from mid November to late April. Outside of this season, facilities are greatly reduced, bridges are removed and there are more hazards such as avalanches, floods and short daylight hours, and should only be attempted by experienced and well-equipped people.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Routeburn Track Great Walk Booking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All <\/span>Great Walks in New Zealand<\/span><\/a> require booking in advance for the huts and campsites. Off-site camping is not allowed on the Great Walk tracks. Here is the <\/span>online booking site<\/span><\/a> for all Great Walk accommodations. Lookout for the opening dates of bookings for each season as the popular great walks tend to get fully booked pretty fast, Routeburn Track is one of the most popular ones.<\/span><\/p>

If the slots are fully booked and you are flexible with your dates, you can run through the site\u2019s booking calendar regularly to lookout for any new slots, as people often cancel their booking days\/weeks\/months before the trip. Don\u2019t simply book and cancel though, here are the <\/span>cancellation fees<\/span><\/a> in detail.<\/span><\/p>

Just like <\/span>Milford Track<\/span><\/a>, those who want to stay in luxury private lodges (separate from DoC huts above) inclusive with meals, guide, and shuttle transport and don\u2019t mind paying the cost, they can book the package with <\/span>Ultimate Hikes<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Routeburn Track Transportation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Routeburn Track can be walked from either end: <\/span>Routeburn Shelter Car Park<\/span><\/a> \u6216 <\/span>The Divide Shelter Car Park<\/span><\/a>. However, both ends are 324 kilometers apart via roads as they go a big loop around the vast mountains. Unless you are doing a return track back to the start (if huts\/campsites are available to book), you would need to organize your transport back to your car at the other end, or back to the city.<\/span><\/p>

The most budget way is to find someone in advance who is walking the track on the same days with you but via the opposite direction. Plan a point to meet on the track to do a key-swap (a common practice in New Zealand) and drive each others\u2019 car to the agreed location after the hike.<\/span><\/p>

The easiest option is to book a shuttle service like I did with <\/span>Fiordland Outdoors<\/span><\/a>. They arranged with multiple transportation service partners without extra costs. With that, I hopped onto Queenstown\u2019s Info & Track Bus to Routeburn Shelter to start my great walk. At the end of my hike, Fiordland\u2019s Cheeky Kiwi Bus (my favorite transport operator!) picked me up from The Divide Shelter back to Queenstown. You can also get picked up \/ dropped off in Te Anau.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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