Holy smokes. Just holy smokes. We've hiked across the world. Norway, Northern Cascades, South America, France, Portugal, and this was absolutely in the top 2-3 hikes we've ever seen. So beautiful. Well maintained. Easy to follow. We did it in one day. Tried to run, but rocks made it a bit rough.

Proposed to my wife on the top of this track at Harris Saddle.. and then helicopters in to a mountain beside Routburn Valley to get Married... The BEST TRACK I've hiked.. and I've walk all over the world...

Beautiful track. Not very challenging. We did the key summit as well. We stayed at the lodges with Ultimate Hikes and had a great experience. Food was delicious and beds were comfortable.

It's a great little track. It's around 33 k. We walked over 3 days as had two kids 11 years and two were doing first time. The DOC huts are great. Has flushed toilets, Kitchen, mattress. Views are amazing. Most certainly breathtaking. We walked Glenochy to divide but I would recommend going in opposite direction. Why? Routeburn crosses two national parks. Mt Aspiring and Fiordland. Glenochy side is in Mt Aspiring and easy to walk. Fiordland part is mostly rocky and can be frustrating and tiring. If you walk from divide there may be little more to climb but views on last day will be so amazing, you will forget everything.

Only did a small section of trail (off the highway to Milford Sound), but was lush green with fern and trees. Well maintained trail. Clean bathrooms at the stop.

Hiked from the divide to key summit. Took about 3hour round trip. lovely zig zag way.

Best multi day hike in NZ. Book your accomodation well in advance and make sure you have all your gear ready in case it rains (weather can change super quickly!). Go check with the DoC before leaving. Huts usually have some gas so you’d be able to boil water and heat up some food. I went in March and it wasn’t really cold (+10 Comfort Sleeping Bag was enough).

My second great walk after Kepler Track 2-5/4/23 (NZ 18/3-18/4/23). This is the only one hike that would be great to be the first or last hike!! If I were to do the three hike again, I would do Routburn, Kepler/ Milford sequence; or the other way round!! start from Queenstown, have your vehicle relocated to the end point at the Divide! Or the other way round! Or the transport company can store your excess luggage while you hike, and pick up from your prebooked accommodation in Te Anau upon completion! Saves a lot of transport cost if you put this hike first or last! The hike itself is very short of 33km. We chose to still do the four days 3 nights version as we love the Lake McKenzie abd surrounds. The extra attraction is the longest ranger in New Zealand - Clive, serving at the same hut for the past 30 years!! He is so knowledgeable that he does not repeat his 30 min nightly spill twice the two nights we were there!! He is even postered on the wall! Starting from the divide, we met pouring rain hiking into Lake McKenzie Hut! The plus side of rainy day walking is the magic under torrential waterfall! The hikers next day didn’t get to experience this superb moment !! Be careful not to twist your ankle hiking down the loose rocks to Lake McKenzie Hut! Luckily I had two nights there to nurse my ankle. The extra day also gives a good day to hike up the conical hill and the Murchison Pass. It was totally cloudy when we passed by when we resumed our track on the third day!! The hike up to Murchison Pass was beautiful , especially the special sightings of the beautiful kea at work here!! Their great beauty was revealed during this track - at the shelter at Murchison Pass The Routeburn Falls hut is the second newest of the 9 huts across the three hikes! The views are crazily beautiful! The waterfall as you enter the hut is just divine! However, the sleeping bunks are so dark - day or night! The walk out to the finish on the last day was rain rain rain as well! Be prepared to wear gaiters as it makes the difference between soaking wet feet and dry feet crossing the creek (turned river with the pouring rain) one hour before end point.