{"id":4268,"date":"2025-02-10T20:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/?p=4268"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:20:03","slug":"paparoa-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/zh\/paparoa-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Paparoa Track: Great Walk For Hikers & Mountain Bikers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paparoa Track is one of <\/span>New Zealand\u2019s Great Walks<\/span><\/a> and it’s the first purpose-built, shared-use hiking and mountain biking Great Walk in Paparoa National Park. This Great Walk crosses the remote wilderness of Paparoa Range, through limestone karst landscapes, alpine tops and thriving rainforests.<\/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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Paparoa 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.<\/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>\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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Which Huts To Stay On Paparoa Track<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There are three huts on the Paparoa Track: Ces Clark Hut, Moonlight Tops Hut and Pororari Hut. Which ones to stay for the night depend on how many days you plan to walk the track. A chill four-day walk gives you the opportunity to stay in all three huts.<\/span><\/p>

On the other hand, the more common three-day walk works with staying in Moonlight Tops Hut and Pororari Hut. It is less practical to skip Moonlight Tops Hut (best sunset and views!), because Ces Clark Hut and Pororari Hut are 28.8km and 10 hours apart.<\/span><\/p>

Other than that, you could also do a two-day return trip on a section of Paparao Track and stay in one of the huts if you don\u2019t intend to walk the full length.<\/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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Where To Start \/ Finish + Paparoa Track Transportation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The full Paparoa Track can be walked from either end: Blackball via <\/span>Smoke-Ho Car Park<\/span><\/a>, or Punakaiki via <\/span>Pororari River Track Car Park<\/span><\/a> \u6216 <\/span>Waikori Road Car Park<\/span><\/a>. Blackball and Punakaiki are around 63km and one hour drive apart. Unless you are doing a return track back to the start, you would need to organize your transport back to your car at the other end, or back to the town\/village.<\/span><\/p>

Key-swapping (two hiking parties starting from the opposite ends swapping car keys as they meet on the track) is possible but not for the full Paparoa Track, as Smoke-Ho Car Park in Blackball is intended for day use only (no overnight parking). Well, actually you could, if one party starts from Punakaiki a couple days earlier than the one from Blackball, so the car parked in Blackball does not have to stay overnight when the driver swaps it on the first day.<\/span><\/p>

Alternatively, one can hike a \u2154 section of Paparoa Track by starting\/finishing at Punakaiki and:<\/span><\/p>