Hi, I hiked both the Routeburn and Able Tasman coastal walk. The Routeburn is not to be missed. We started from the Te Anau end and went north. We paid to have our car shuttled which saved us tons of time (Trackhopper the shuttle company was great!). We stayed at Lake Mackenzie tentsite which I highly recommend as you are right at the lake. There are trees there which you may or may not be able to hang from. I think they are pretty close together and I don't know what the hammock scene is there. Then we stayed at Routeburn flats. I recommend you DO NOT MISS the opportunity to spend 2 nights at Routeburn flats. There are side hikes you can explore from there and it is absolutely gorgeous. I wished I had another night there. Even if you start from the North I recommend you stay a night at the flats campsite. No trees, but absolutely gorgeous and water right there for pumping. Stay away from the huts they are crowded. There is no wild camping allowed on the Great Walk tracks.
We then did the Abel Tasman coastal walk and if you do that I recommend you just stick to the northern part as the southern part is way crowded. It is much prettier and way fewer people. We stayed 2 nights at Anapai (we were supposed to stay at another camp site, but got there and it sucked so we called the reservations office and they switched us over to anapai and gave us another night instead of staying at that other site. Beautiful campsites right on the water. The beach is beautiful and great places to explore. Highly recommend that spot. You can start at Totaranui.
In terms of the Tongariro crossing. Not sure if you can still do the original route. When we were there they closed that and rerouted it into a long dry dusty trail. We decided to just do a day trip to the top since the original crossing was closed. The trip to the top was great and if you give yourself enough time you can climb Mt. Ngauruhoe (Mt. Doom) from the Lord of the Rings movie. If it is rainy and the cloud cover is low don't even bother to to that trip as you will see nothing and will be slogging behind many people who also see nothing. Very worth checking out though.
If you canoe, a cool option is to do a canoe camp trip on the Whanganui. It is also considered one of the Great Walks and I wish I had time for it. I will have to go back another time to do that. The Milford track is supposed to be really good too, but we could not fit it all in. Good luck!
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