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Win a Great Walk New Zealand Holiday!

Heli-hike, cruise & experience three incredible Great Walks

Here's your chance to take on an unforgettable active escape in New Zealand's pristine wilderness.

Subscribe today for your chance to win a spot on the all-inclusive 5-day Best of Kepler, Milford, and Routeburn Guided Walk for the 2025/26 walking season. Enter below!

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You can opt-out or update your preferences anytime by clicking the link at the bottom of our emails or by contacting our team. For more information on how we use and protect your data, please refer to our privacy policy. Full competition terms and conditions are below.

See the trip highlights:

 

Imagine yourself wandering through Fiordland’s awe-inspiring landscapes, with each step taking you deeper into towering peaks, lush rainforests, and crystal-clear alpine lakes. Pack your sense of adventure and get ready for nature like you’ve never seen it before!

What's included?

• 4-night stay at the stunning Distinction Te Anau Hotel & Villas, where you’ll wake up each morning to a delicious breakfast and the excitement of a new day’s adventure.
• Helicopter flight and water taxi transfer on the Kepler Track
• Water taxi transfers to and from the Milford Track
• Scenic boat cruise on Milford Sound
• Professional local guide
• Transport between Queenstown and Te Anau at the start and finish of the trip
• 3 lunches, and tea and coffee on guided walks
• Transfers to/from your accommodation and the walk start/end

*View full terms and conditions below. Competition ends 30 April 2025 with the winner to be drawn by 9 May 2025. The winner must claim their prize for travel between 1 October 2025 and 30 April 2026. Prize does not include airfares.

 

1. Information on how to enter and the prize form part of these Conditions of Entry.

2. Entry is open to all individuals aged 18 years or over who subscribe to the Great Walks of New Zealand e-newsletter during the promotional period. Employees and their immediate families of the Promoter and agents associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter.

3. To enter:

a. Entrants must subscribe to the Great Walks of New Zealand e-newsletter at www.greatwalksofnewzealand.co.nz.

b. Entrants must be subscribed until the end of the promotional period.

4. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

5. Incomplete, indecipherable or illegible entries will be deemed invalid.

6. Promotion commences on 24 October 2024. Entries close 23.59pm GMT on 30 April 2025. The draw will take place at the office of Great Walks of New Zealand, Haslett Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1023 by 8 May 2025. The winner will be notified by email or telephone and announced in our newsletter, website and on the Great Walks of New Zealand Facebook page by 31 May 2025. Decision is final.

7. The first valid entry randomly drawn will win the prize, which is one spot on Best of Kepler, Milford, and Routeburn Guided Walk worth up to $3,590.00 NZD (the total base trip cost of NZD $2,840.00 plus a single traveller surplus of $750.00).

a. Inclusions are as per the trip notes indicated on the webpage of the respective holiday.

b. Total prize valued at a maximum of $3,590.00 NZD for 1 person travelling.

8. Winner must choose a departure between 1 October 2025 and 30 April 2026. Travel is subject to availability and the trip meeting minimum operating numbers for the departure to be guaranteed. The prize cannot be changed once the booking has been confirmed by the Promoter or its agents with the prize winner.

9. Redeeming your prize must be done directly with Great Walks of New Zealand and a booking form must be completed and signed by both the participants acknowledging the terms and conditions of participation.

10. Participant must be 18 years or over at the time of travelling.

11. The prize is redeemable for the land only content, as outlined in the detailed trip notes found at the respective trip's webpage. The prize excludes any airfares, any upgrades, taxes, travel visas and travel insurance. Any pre / post night hotels and airport transfers outside the scheduled itinerary, or other ancillary costs not mentioned in the detailed trip notes or within these terms and conditions are not included.

12. The prize winner is responsible for all other items of personal nature, including spending money, insurance, transport to and from their start/departure point, drink, meals (except where stipulated), personal equipment and all other ancillary costs.

13. The prize winner will be asked to write a blog article for Great Walks of New Zealand and supply a minimum 5 high-res images and/or videos copyright free for use on the Great Walks of New Zealand social media accounts, newsletter and website.

14. The prize is not transferable, cannot be transferred to another person and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts or offers. The prize cannot be exchanged for alternative products or services or redeemed for cash. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in the prize value.

15. No responsibility accepted for late, lost or misdirected entries.

16. Unless otherwise provided, if the prize or a part of the prize is unavailable, for whatever reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize or the portion of the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to any applicable law. The Promoter has the right to change portions of the prize as determined.

17. In the event of the prize not being claimed within 3 weeks of the draw date, an unclaimed prize draw will be conducted at the same place as the original draw on 5 June 2026.

18. Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter shall not be liable for any cost, expense, loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including, but not limited to, indirect or inconsequential loss) or for any personal injury or damage to property which is suffered or sustained as a result of accepting the prize.

19. The Promoter is Great Walks of New Zealand located at Haslett Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1023.

20. The Promoter collects personal information to conduct the Promotion and may, for this purpose, disclose such information to third parties; including, but not limited to, prize suppliers. Entry is conditional on providing this information. Unless otherwise advised, the Promoter may also use the information for promotional, marketing and publicity purposes including sending electronic messages. Entrants should direct any request to access, update or correct information to the Promoter. All entries become the property of the Promoter.

 

 


 

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