Roys Peak Bench
Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand
Found by Best Bench HQ
Credit: Best Bench HQ
1 of 1 community submission
The queue for the photo spot is long. The bench a little further up is empty and better.
Bench Score breakdown
Trail intel
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Point A to point B
- A · Start of the walk
- Roys Peak car park
- Find the three words for this start point
- -44.69470, 168.99060
Trail at a glance
- Walk
- about 3 hr 30 min each way, from the person who found it
- Grade
- Hard hikewhat this means
- Start & parking
- Roys Peak car park
- Fees & access
- None recorded · Walkers on foot
- Route data
- Part-mapped
Community-submitted, so check it yourself before you go. Read the disclaimer
Most of the walk is on recorded paths, but the last stretch is unmapped ground. Treat the timings as a range.
The dashed line is straight from A to B — check the walking directions for the real path. P marks parking.
Every step of the walk
About 3 hr 30 min each way — from the person who found this bench
Plotting the footpath route…
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Parking near the start
Looking for car parks…
Car parks come from OpenStreetMap and may be out of date — check signage on the day. In the UK, pay-by-phone bays (RingGo and similar) are usually signed at the bay rather than mapped, so look for the location code on the sign.
What people said
Go early, keep walking past the crowds.
Best Bench HQ · 17 Sep 2026