Nelson Tramping Club / beta

The Nelson Tramping Club is based near some of the finest tramping opportunities in New Zealand.

Our club conducts an active, year-round programme of trips for members of diverse interests and abilities. Non-members are welcome to join our trips (subject to being properly equipped and undertaking trips consistent with their fitness and experience); we are always looking for new members!

We regularly tramp in Kahurangi, Abel Tasman, and Nelson Lakes National Parks and the Richmond Ranges. As well, we organise walks in the friendly coastline, estuary and bush precincts in and around Nelson. Further afield, we explore such areas as the Kaikouras, the Raglans, Lewis Pass, and Arthur's Pass. Most of our trips are on tracked routes, but our enterprising trip organisers also devise challenging off-track and camping trips each season.

At our regular club nights, we enjoy exchanging reports of trips and club activities, and frequently have presentations from club members on walking trips to destinations around the globe. Our annual informal photo competition is very popular.

We are affiliated with the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, and our club committee monitors and comments on issues concerning the New Zealand conservation estate and the environment.

This website is intended to provide members with current information about club activities, supplementing the newsletter. It also provides interested people in New Zealand and overseas with a view of the remarkably diverse and rewarding tramping to be had in the Nelson region.