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We have a variety of Tours to cater for you!
We can also do photography and tours for
lodges
2 or 3 Day: Northern Coastal Tour (Karamea)
Discover the real beauty and wildlife on the Wild West Coast between
Greymouth, Karamea and beyond. We follow the scenic Coast Road into Paparoa
National Park. Take an informative walk, to the famous Punakaiki Pancake
Rocks and blowholes, through subtropical rainforest and along stunning
coastal beaches with picturesque coves and sea views. At Fox River enter
Teonumata Cavern used as a shelter by Maori on the Greenstone Trail for
many centuries and at Charleston view Constant Bay, where ships entered
this treacherous little cove as early as 1866. While at Cape Foulwind
view fur seals and other coastal wildlife enjoying their daily ritual.
Karamea is the gateway to the Kahurangi National Park staying the amazing
Last Resort Lodge. Travel beyond the coastal highway inland to the subtropical
Oparara Basin - a magical paradise of golden rivers, spanned by magnificent
arches, caves full of New Zealand's early creatures fallen amongst delicate
formations and a forest of lush subtropical abundance, with native orchids,
hanging mosses and prolific bird life. Wade through a forest of ferns
amongst the magnificent podocarps, as every turn of the river reveals
another magical element off the Oparara. Options -
 Honeycomb Cave
Tour
Denniston Coal
Incline
Coal Town
1 adult - NZ$590, 2 adults - NZ$1300
Full Day: Arthurs Pass - Southern
Alps
First stop takes us back in time at the Brunner Mines Site
and memorial. This giant sized statue is a tribute to all those who have
died in West Coast coal mines. Lightening it up we move on to the Kotokou
Pottery. This pottery is world-renowned and you are shown through the
whole process, wheel, salt glazed and wood, coal, & electric fired. An
easy 30 minute walk at Lake Brunner on the Rakaitane Track taking you
into neat reflections and a Podocarp forest. More reflections at Iveagh
Bay make a beautiful tranquil setting. We travel through sheep, beef and
dairy farming up a glacier made valley to the Caley Art Gallery at Otira.
His paintings are unforgettable. From here we are in the heart of the
majestic Southern Alps with its alpine plants, magnificent waterfalls,
short walks, cheeky Kea's and the Alpine Village of Arthur's Pass National
Park, where the pristine scenery brings the new together with the old.
We see side by side the new Otira viaduct and parts of the route where
the stage coach first traversed to the West Coast.
1 adult - NZ$200, 2 adults - NZ$360 , child NZ$85, Family
NZ$485.00 (2a+2c)
Full Day: Coastal Nature Tour
Discover the real beauty and wildlife of the Coastal areas adjoining
the Paparoa National Park and beyond to Cape Foulwind. This unique tour
explores a coastline shaped by the notorious westerlies, which roll in
from the Southern Ocean. To the South stretches a vista of snow capped
mountains extending to Mt Cook. This tour visits the Pancakes Rocks, famous
for their frothing surge pools, blowholes and sculptured sea stacks. Walk
under a canopy of subtropical rain forest among majestic Nikau, giant
Rimu dressed in an overcoat of Kiekie and bound with a tangle of Supplejack.
Wander along a coastline of hidden beaches and coves, towering cliffs,
tidal platforms and jumbled blocks, carved cliff overhangs and rock pools.
Marvel at the early marine life fused forever as fossils in the sandstone
seashore. At Cape Foulwind opportunities abound to see fur seals and other
coastal wildlife enjoying their daily rituals. Options -
Experience the Metro Cave & its waterways.
Nile River Bush Tram
1 adult - NZ$190, 2 adults - NZ$340, child NZ$80, Family NZ$425.00 (2a+2c)
(includes picnic lunch)
Half Day: Scenic Treasure Tour to Punakaiki
Follow the scenic Coast Road into the Paparoa National Park. Your knowledgeable
Tour Guide will lead you on an informative walk to the famous Punakaiki
Pancake Rocks known internationally for frothing surge pools, blowholes
and sculptured sea stacks. Later walk under a canopy of subtropical rain
forest to stunning coastal beaches with picturesque coves and sea views.
At Fox River enter Teonunata Cavern used as a shelter by Maori on the
Greenstone Trail for many centuries.
1 adult - NZ$90, child NZ$45, Family NZ$200.00 (2a+2c)
(minimum 2 adults)
Children (to 14 years) half price (Under 5 free)
Enquire about our
family discounts.
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