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Looking for a slower pace? A friendly face? Where things are done just a little differently? The West Coast is the destination!
The West Coast is a unique experience. Revel in the fact that there is not one set of Traffic Lights on the West Coast. That tells you everything! It has breath-taking scenery, wild coast-lines, fantastic Glaciers, interesting history and locals full of character. Food lovers and gastronomes, eat your way around the region's many restaurants and eateries, trying the diverse local cuisine - not to mention our locally brewed beverages!
With towering mountains, clear, clean rivers and lakes, vast podocarp forests, temperate coastal forests, diverse wetlands, accessible glaciers, wild beaches and long captivating caves, the West Coast is a wonderland of natural opportunities just waiting to be explored.
Plunging westward from a chain of cloud-piercing mountains, the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is a rugged, primeval region of luxuriant rain forest, breathtaking coastal scenery and fascinating mountain to sea eco-systems.
Teeming with abundant wildlife, including rare kiwi and white heron (kotuku), seal colonies, penguins dolphins and a variety of unique alpine flora, this 600 kilometre long region (no wider than 70 kms at any point) serves as a time capsule, revealing what our country might have looked like before humans arrived some 1000 years ago. A place of unique and enduring natural beauty, which New Zealanders strive to preserve
The West Cost is scattered with hospitable townships offering fine accommodation, fantastic adventure opportunities, unique New Zealand cuisine & wine plus a warm Kiwi welcome all with there own unique personality. The poplulations range from 600 to 6,000. The main centre on the West Coast is Greymouth a thriving little rural town with all the amenities you may need.
history and locals full of character. Food lovers and gastronomes, eat your way around the region's many restaurants and eateries, trying the diverse local cuisine - not to mention our locally brewed beverages!
a wonderland of natural opportunities just waiting to be explored.