Easy walk
Cullen Point tracks
Two short DOC walks near Havelock with views over Pelorus and Mahau Sounds.
Photo: Krzysztof Golik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
A 10-minute return lookout track and a 1-hour coastal loop from a car park 5.5 km along Queen Charlotte Drive from Havelock. Worth knowing if you are driving between Picton and Nelson.
The track at a glance
- Time
- Lookout Track 10 min return; Coastal Track 1 hr loop (DOC)
- Grade
- DOC lists the walks as easy to intermediate
- Starts
- A signposted car park 5.5 km along Queen Charlotte Drive from Havelock (DOC)
- Dogs
- Only with a DOC permit (DOC)
- Cost
- Free
- Road
- DOC restricts heavy vehicles and long towing combinations on Queen Charlotte Drive — see its page
About Cullen Point tracks
Cullen Point is on the Havelock end of Queen Charlotte Drive, on the Pelorus Sound side of the hills. DOC maintains two walks from one car park: a short lookout track over Mahau Sound and the Kaituna and Pelorus estuaries, and a longer coastal loop with views of Pelorus Sound and Havelock.
It is about as far from Picton as Havelock itself, so it fits a Picton–Nelson drive or a Havelock day rather than an hour from the ferry.
Know before you go
- Reached along Queen Charlotte Drive from the Havelock end, which reopened after the July 2026 storm before the Picton end did. Check road alerts before you go.
Sources for this page
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Related
Havelock
The small town at the head of Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, at the far end of the Link Pathway.
Queen Charlotte Drive
The slow, scenic road from Picton toward Havelock and Nelson, with lookouts over the Grove Arm.
The Link Pathway
A 42 km walk-or-bike pathway from Picton to Havelock through the inner Sounds — or just its easy first section.