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Te Araroa

3 396 km
length
10
stages
1
country
black
waymark
80 %
counts as walked at

Te Araroa runs 3 396 km through New Zealand, and it is walked in 10 stages — the longest of them Manawatū-Whanganui, 654 km. The route below is the waymarked relation itself, kept by the people who paint the blazes, not a line traced over a map by us.

Walk any of it with wayly and the trail keeps its own score. Every track you record clears the ground you covered, and the share of the trail lying inside that cleared ground is your progress — 2 717 km of it — 80 % and it counts as walked. Nothing to tick, and nothing to remember when you get home.

Drawing Te Araroa…

10 stages

Trail passport

171 stamps, one for every 20 km — pressed by the tracks you record, not by a button

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About the trail

Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) is New Zealand's long distance tramping route, stretching circa 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) along the length of the country's two main islands from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Officially opened in 2011, it is made up of a mixture of previously made tracks and walkways, new tracks, and link sections alongside roads. Tramping the full length of the trail generally takes three to six months.

Source: Wikipedia

Walk it, or just look closer

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Questions

How long is Te Araroa?

3 396 km, split into 10 stages. wayly counts it walked when your recorded tracks cover 2 717 km of it — 80 %.

How many stages does Te Araroa have?

10. The longest is Manawatū-Whanganui, 654 km; the average works out at 340 km.

Which countries does Te Araroa cross?

It stays inside New Zealand.

How is Te Araroa waymarked?

With a black blaze, which is the colour this page and the app draw it in — the line you see here is the relation the local waymarkers maintain, not a line we drew.

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