Pūkaki Flats Walk
Twizel · Canterbury · Point to Point
Route and dog-access details for this walk come from the Department of Conservation, licensed CC BY 4.0. DOC’s own wording: “Dogs on a leash only. Other pets on conservation land rules”. Evidence: the rule-setter’s own published wording. How we check dog rules.
Good to know
Dogs are allowed here. Keep them on the lead, watch for ground-nesting birds and stock, and read the signs at the gate.
About Pūkaki Flats Walk
This long track follows 8.4 km as a point-to-point, near Twizel in Canterbury.
A flat, open walk on an old farm track along a fence line north of Twizel, running from the Pūkaki High Dam / SH8 out toward the Pūkaki River across hard tussock grassland. It has wide views of the Ben Ohau Range and Southern Alps and forms part of both Te Araroa and the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail.
It sits at the moderate end and gains roughly 80 m, pitching up to 16 % at its steepest, and takes about 1h 48m to walk.
Dogs are allowed here, on the lead.