The body of a man who went missing while tramping in Mount Aspiring National Park has been found.

Scott Oliver was last seen on the evening of January 4 when he separated from the rest of his party to attempt a short-cut through part of a gorge in the upper reaches of the Wilkin River.

Search and rescue teams tracked the Wellington man's footprints into the gorge, but could find no trace of an exit.

However, police search and rescuers responded to a sighting in the Wilkin River yesterday afternoon.

The body was recovered about 15 kilometres downstream from where he was last seen alive.