Hump Ridge Walks Wins Great Walk Title

Hump Ridge walk has been renamed as a Great Walk. Hump Ridge has won a special contest to be selected as New Zealand's next Great Walk. It will officially be confirmed as a Great Walk in 2022. The 61km track in South land will now undergo a series of upgrades, transforming it from a two night, to a three night experience.

The department of conversation began the hunt for the next Great Walk in 2017. There were three finalists to be picked from to be the next Great Walk, Te Paki Coastal Track, Hump Ridge Track and Queen Charlotte Track, but Hump Ridge got selected to be one of New Zealand's Great Walk.

There are 11 Great Walk's in New Zealand.

1. Lake Waikaremoana
2. Tongariro Northern Circuit
3. Whanganui Journey
4. Abel Tasman Coast Track
5. Heaphy Track
6. Routeburn Track
7. Milford Track
8. Paparoa Track
9. Kepler Track
10. Hump Ridge Track
11. Rakiura Track