Welcome to the Wairarapa Walking Festival.
The Wairarapa Walking Festival is an outdoors Festival celebrating walking of all kinds; cultural, heritage, at the coast, up a hill or around urban environments.
The Festival is now completed for 2023. We look forward to seeing you on walks in 2024.
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What is the Wairarapa Walking Festival?
An outdoors Festival celebrating walking of all kinds; cultural, with wheels, at the coast, up a hill or around urban environments. The inaugural 2021 Festival had 9 walks in the Carterton district. Over 40 walks occurred in the 2022 Festival and 26 walks in the 2023 Festival (plus a “How to write about Walking” event.)
When is it on?
The 2024 Festival dates will be announced soon.
What does "my walk category" mean?
These relate to DoC’s ratings for walks. For more information, see: https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/things-to-do/walking-and-tramping/track-categories/