Arthur's Pass Walking Track — Attraction in South Island

Arthur’s Pass, located in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, is absolutely beautiful. It has fascinating wildlife and historical significance. We recently explored two of its most beautiful hikes: the Arthur’s Pass Walking Track and Devil’s Punchbowl Falls.

Arthur’s Pass Walking Track - This hike meanders through forests and crosses streams with occasional glimpses of the surrounding mountains white with snow. Along the way, we encountered charming suspension bridges and took in large dose of nature’s oxygen. Every angle is a postcard shot making this spot an instagramer’s dream.

Devil’s Punchbowl Falls - This track leads to one of the park’s iconic landmarks: the spectacular huge waterfall. The well-maintained trail involves some stair climbing, but the effort is worth it as you’re rewarded with the sound and misty spray of the falls. Stay here awhile and take it all in.

The Kea - One of the highlights of Arthur’s Pass is encountering the kea, the world’s only alpine parrot. These curious and cheeky birds are endemic to New Zealand and are known for their intelligence and mischievous antics. The kea is currently a symbol of conservation efforts in the area, as its population has dwindled due to habitat loss and human impact.

Arthur’s Pass, established in 1929, is one of New Zealand’s oldest national parks. It played a significant role in early Maori trade routes and later became an essential passage for European settlers traveling between Canterbury and the West Coast.

If you’re a walker, hiker or a fresh air chaser,...

The track itself that doesn't go to the waterfall isn't that great it's quite uneventful It doesn't have a big payoff at the end either it's a nice journey but you just think that it would go somewhere spectacular and I guess it's a good lesson to enjoy the journey.

The waterfall was really beautiful and I went for a swim afterwards which definitely worked me up just now.

Well back on the road not my favourite stop but a couple of ladies were telling me that if I had gone almost to the waterfall and then made a turn I could have gone up to a big lookout area which sounds like maybe that's where I went wrong and next time I come back that might be a good place to visit.

Anyway I'm rambling Hope you guys have a good day good nature but don't go the boring walk expecting a big lookout at the end because there isn't one Go the...

Did the Devils Punchbowl walking track, after some hefty rain it was really amazing to see. Bit of a hefty incline on a series of staircases but nothing crazy, for those less able would just take more time and be careful after rainfall. There was a lot of pretty cool moss and vines growing on some of the trees, I would definitely class this as a pretty good nature walk! Being a Saturday, there were quite a few people on the trail but it didn’t feel...