Plan My Walk

The best source for finding and planning your walk, hike or tramp in New Zealand.

Choose from over 3,000 tracks, huts and campsites across Aotearoa. Whether you’re looking for a short walk, a day walk or an overnight tramp, Plan My Walk has everything you need to plan safe and successful outdoor adventures in New Zealand.

Plan My Walk makes it easy to find your next adventure and get all the information you need to plan a safe and successful trip. With New Zealand’s largest database of public tracks, huts and campsites, it’s easy to plan a trip by searching the name of the track, hut or campsite, using the map, or applying filters. Once you’ve chosen a trip, you’ll have access to all the information you need, such as:

Detailed descriptions of tracks, huts and campsites
Maps of the area, including LINZ Topo and satellite maps
Track alerts, provided by the Department of Conservation and local councils
Weather forecasts, warnings and watches, provided by MetService
Interactive and customisable gear lists
Track, hut and campsite reviews and photos from Plan My Walk’s outdoor community, including star ratings and tags highlighting safety tips and key features.

Plan My Walk is free to use and was made by trampers for trampers. Take the guesswork out of planning your next adventure by downloading the Plan My Walk app or heading to the website.

Register for Free and Access More Features

Plan My Walk is free to use, but by creating a free account, you get access to additional features.

Creating a free account allows you to:

Save tracks to your wishlist
Easily and quickly create trip plans and share these with your trusted emergency contact
Receive updates and alerts about your trip plan, such as newly issued weather warnings
Create custom tracks for off-track adventures or grouping existing tracks for your own personalised trip
Build custom gear lists and save these for future trips.

Checking off gear list on Plan My Walk ahead of a trip

How to Plan a Trip on Plan My Walk

Find a track:  If you're not looking for a specific track, you can search using the filters or the map view. You can find tracks based on location, difficulty, duration, distance, dog-friendly status, and much more using the search filters. You can also build your own custom track if what you're looking for isn't already on the database.

Check for track alerts: This is essential information about a track’s status, such as if a track has been closed or weather warnings have been issued for the area.

Learn about the track, hut or campsite: Get essential information, including how to get there, facilities and what to expect.

Read user reviews: Genuine experiences from the Plan My Walk outdoor community, with photos, star ratings and useful tags to get a first-hand account of the track, hut or campsite.

Check the track-specific weather forecasts and warnings provided in partnership with MetService, NZ’s official public weather forecast provider.

Create trip gear lists by customising a suggested gear list or building your own list from scratch. Save your custom gear lists to your profile for future use.

Complete the easy trip planner and share it with your group and emergency contact.

Watch safety videos: Award-winning tramping safety videos and Virtual Track Guides on a selection of New Zealand’s most popular tramps and hikes.

The Plan My Walk app, our free trip planning tool, can now be accessed via satellite by both One NZ and Spark customers who have an eligible phone and supported plan. Find out more about this service on our Plan My Walk webpage.

How satellite service work

The services apply to TXT and satellite-enabled apps only. Phone calls, browsing the internet and data outside of specific satellite-enabled apps are not available.For example, you can use the Plan My Walk app to find track and other information, but you can’t browse our webpages or use our social media channels.

You must have line of sight to the sky for the service to work as your phone needs to connect to orbiting satellites.Obstructions from tree branches, steep sided gullies or human-made features that restrict your view of the sky will impact your connectivity.

Text messages are unlikely to send or be received instantly. In many cases TXT messages will take a couple of minutes or more as messages travel via the satellite network.

For full details on the satellite to mobile services, visit the One NZ or Spark websites.

App Updates

Updated: December 2025

Rate and tag your trips

Star ratings: Rate your tramp, hut or campsite using the new 5-star system and see an overall rating for each listing.

Safety tips: Choose from pre-set tags to highlight safety considerations, like ‘River crossings’, ‘Steep drop-offs’, ‘Muddy’ and ‘Overgrown’.

Points of interest: Choose from pre-set tags for features on the track, such as ‘Waterfalls’, ‘Scenic views’ and ‘Historic sites’.

Highlights pages make it easier to explore

Everything in one place: Get key information on Aotearoa New Zealand’s top hiking and tramping destinations, including national parks.

Trip highlights: Discover top tracks, huts and campsites for each destination.

Helpful resources: Key safety tips, essential local services, such as accommodation and transport, and much more to make trip planning easier.

More map views

New map options: New LINZ Topo and satellite maps complement the standard map view, allowing you to see backcountry terrain in more detail.

Personalised experience: See trips you’ve completed and those on your wishlist marked on your map view with distinctive icons.

Enhanced accessibility

Plan My Walk is now easier to use for everyone, with improvements for people using screen readers and those with visual impairments, including colour blindness.

Plan a Trip to a Hut or Campsite, Just As You Would for a Track

More information: Hut and campsite listings now include booking requirements and a direct link to the Department of Conservation booking page. For campsites, powered/unpowered sites are listed and where dogs are permitted.
Wishlist option: Add huts and campsites to your wishlist and mark as ‘complete’ once you’ve finished the trip to create a log of all your adventures.
Customisable gear lists: Select a gear list for the trip to a hut or campsite and adapt it to suit your needs.
Weather forecasts and warnings: Stay up to date with the weather for the region.
Alerts: Get the latest track, hut and campsite alerts for your trip.

Improved Functionality

Easier searching: Search for tracks using terms or other references (e.g., the national park), making it easier to find the track you’re looking for.
Log past trips: Mark track, hut or campsite trips in the past as complete so you can keep an accurate record of all your trips.
Auto save for trip changes: Any changes to a trip date or times are saved automatically and contacts you’ve shared the trip plan with will receive the updates.
Expanded notes space: The limit for trip notes has increased to 1,000 characters (up from 200), giving you more room for planning.
Add a date to your review: When submitting a review, select the date when you completed the trip so the review reflects the actual date of your trip.

Plus, other enhancements for a superior user experience!

Custom Tracks

The custom track builder allows users to simply and effectively create their own custom track, and still get all the benefits of Plan My Walk, such as track alerts, weather warnings and forecasts, gear lists and more. Users can drop pins on a map to create their own walking track anywhere in New Zealand.

Custom Tracks are perfect for:

Off-track adventures
Grouping multiple existing tracks together for your own personalised trip
Sharing remote or off-track trip plans with a trusted emergency contact

Custom tracks on Plan My Walk displayed on different devices

Custom Gear

Custom gear on Plan My Walk displayed on different devices

Users can create, name and customise their own gear lists to suit their adventure needs.

Custom Gear Lists are perfect for:

Creating specific lists for different types of adventures
Adding notes on items to help plan and pack
Making the process of packing easier and faster
Sharing the gear list with a trusted emergency contact

Are you travelling in New Zealand and looking for other helpful resources or guidance to make the most of your stay? Take a look at the Tiaki Promise.

Questions about Plan My Walk? Visit the FAQ page, or contact us at info@mountainsafety.org.nz.