Our Strategy

Enjoyment of work

Enjoyment of our work comes from a passion and belief that providing hiking tours into beautiful landscapes is meaningful. For the guides, leading these trips as a profession is a dream come true.

It would be difficult to find more inspiring workplaces than the backcountry of New Zealand’s’ National Parks. 

To enrich people’s lives

Enrichment of our guests' lives comes from the services we provide - from the form, rhythm, and renewing qualities of the beautiful and wild places in which we work.

Simply being out in nature awakens a part of many of us that has gone dormant from living around artificial lights, the noise of civilization, the demands of daily life, and a lack of wide-open spaces.

Our commitment is to run unforgettable hiking trips, and those are important words to us.

Our goal is that the experience that Paparoa Guided Walks creates will stick with clients for years to come, and every time you think back on it you feel a sense of fulfilment, inspiration, and accomplishment.

And even more importantly, we hope the trip sparks a desire to keep getting out into nature, whether it is on more of our trips or on their own.

To use our business as a tool for conservation

Societal values toward the land are diverse, but for many people, there is no identity with nature, no intimate, direct experience with place.

For these people, there is generally no realisation that a connection with nature can help them to better realise their potential as humans, or that modern civilization is mounting an unprecedented assault on the natural world.

In these cases, exposure to the natural world can help to create an emotional identification with the land that can motivate day-to-day action on behalf of the places we love.

Emotional identification with the land is often the first step toward conservation, but it's not enough to simply love a place; effective environmental reform also requires scientific, legal, and political know-how.

Because of this, it is imperative that citizen activists and non-governmental organizations hold government and businesses accountable for their actions. We must, as stewards of our children's and grandchildren's planet, be willing to protect what is left of the Earth's natural resources and wild places.

It is our dream at Paparoa Guided Walks that these special places will be preserved and cherished by many generations to come.