Tramping in Aotearoa

‘Tramping in Aotearoa’ is New Zealand’s best-selling tramping guide, written by this country’s preeminent tramping author, Shaun Barnett. This fully revised edition features 45 of our most popular tramps with essential route information, the latest generation of overview maps, commentary and outstanding photography. The tramps covered include New Zealand’s great walks, such as the Milford Track, the Routeburn and the Tongariro Northern Circuit, and many other trips from both north and south, such as the Kauearanga Kauri Trail in the Coromandel, the Travers-Sabine Circuit in Nelson Lakes, and the newer Old Ghost Road in Kahurangi and the Paparoa Track. If you were to have only one New Zealand tramping guide, this is the one to have.

Author Biography

Shaun Barnett developed a passion for mountains and tramping as a teenager living in Hawke’s Bay. Since then he’s tramped extensively throughout New Zealand, including a piecemeal traverse of Ka Tiritiri o te Moana/The Southern Alps. Based in Wellington, Shaun works as a writer, editor, photographer and guide. Shaun is a former editor of Wilderness magazine, and the Federated Mountain Club’s Backcountry/FMC Bulletin, and the author of ten books. His titles include: ‘Classic Tramping in New Zealand’; ‘Shelter from the Storm,The Story of New Zealand’s Backcountry Huts’; ‘Tramping, A New Zealand History’;’ Day Walks in New Zealand’ and the anthology ‘Across the Pass, A Collection of New Zealand Tramping Writing’.
Geographx is a Wellington-based cartographic design and mapping company who built a reputation for visualising New Zealand’s wild terrain in innovative and meaningful ways. The company was started by Roger Smith and his award-winning maps have featured in a wide range of publications over the last two decades.