Rakiura Track: 32 km in Stewart Island
The Rakiura Track is a named DOC Great Walk in Stewart Island. The governing figure used here is 32 km (DOC · Rakiura Track), not a straight line between towns.
Typical time on the route is 3 days. Grade: Tramping track. Season window: Year-round.
DOC length 32 km. Port William and North Arm huts. Oban / Halfmoon Bay is the only town — ferry from Bluff. Kiwi at night around the huts is the reason people come. Boardwalks help; it still floods.
The itinerary on this page is the published stop sequence: Oban, Port William Hut, North Arm Hut, Bluff. Cabins and holiday homes load live around each stop; hut and trailhead pins without a town page still search by radius.
Book DOC huts and Great Walks on the DOC system where that applies. Town beds are what this site lists. Carry the day’s food on remote legs — several of these routes have no shop between ends.
Stop by stop
Oban — Halfmoon Bay, the only town. Port William Hut — north coast hut. North Arm Hut — Paterson Inlet hut. Bluff — ferry port on the mainland.
Distances, grades and seasons above follow DOC · Rakiura Track. Confirm opening dates, slips and hut bookings on the operator or DOC page before you travel; alpine and West Coast tracks close or reroute after weather.
