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Cave Creek / Kotihotiho Track

Cave Creek

Cave Creek

Cave Creek emerges out of the ground and connects up with the Pororari River.   More ▶︎
Inland Pack Track

Inland Pack Track

A beautiful historic route through a coastal karst environment. Gorges, caves, waterfalls, subterranean rivers, sink-holes, swimming, and camping beneath a ...   More ▶︎
Pororari River Track

Pororari River Track

An easy stroll along the banks of the beautiful Pororari River.   More ▶︎
Pororari River

Pororari River

This river at Punakaiki is popular with canoes, and has an easy walking track.   More ▶︎

Truman Track

Short walk at Punakaiki.   More ▶︎
Former Knobby Ridge Biv

Former Knobby Ridge Biv

Originally located on Knobby Ridge, overlooking the Hokitika Gorge, this biv was removed by DOC for a radio base station ...   More ▶︎
Formerly the Knobby Ridge biv Oct 2011

Formerly the Knobby Ridge biv Oct 2011

We saw this biv when emerging from the Inland Pack Track on to the farm track that runs beside the ...   More ▶︎
Truman Track

Truman Track

Visit coastal platforms and caves near Punakaiki.   More ▶︎
Wild coastline at the end of the Truman Track

Wild coastline at the end of the Truman Track

The short track passes through coastal podocarp forest, harakeke scrub, coastal herbfields, and down to a sculpted gravel beach.   More ▶︎
Paparoa Track

Paparoa Track

New track located in Paparoa National Park, exploring the Paparoa Range, gold trails and limestone gorges. Paparoa Track is a dual-use ...   More ▶︎
Cloud across Paparoa from camp on Bovis

Cloud across Paparoa from camp on Bovis

Oh Tangaroa, what my eyes tell me is that today is another show off day...(Tuwhare)   More ▶︎
Fox River Gorge

Fox River Gorge

Just below Dilemma jct. Looking downstream to where you get somewhat wet. And Large spiders to eye you up.   More ▶︎
Paparoa National Park

Paparoa National Park

A land of cliffs, gorges, caves, and disappearing rivers, draped in rich coastal forest.   More ▶︎
Soda straws, Fox River Cave

Soda straws, Fox River Cave

A soda straw is left behind by drops of water. Just before the water falls, it forms a hollow shape ...   More ▶︎
Fox River Caves

Fox River Caves

Deep caves in the wall of a limestone gorge.   More ▶︎
Fox River Cave

Fox River Cave

Bring a strong torch to explore this cave.   More ▶︎
Junction of Fox River and Dilemma Creek

Junction of Fox River and Dilemma Creek

The 300m limestone cliffs here are impressive, and Dilemma Creek is quite beautiful. Beyond here, the route to the Ballroom ...   More ▶︎
Pancake Rocks

Pancake Rocks

The famous Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki. The alternating layers of limestone and mudstone are formed in a process called stylobedding.   More ▶︎
Mt Bovis

Mt Bovis

Tarn at 1020m elevation, south of peak Topomap BS20 coord. 751 359   More ▶︎
View SE from Mt Bovis August 2011

View SE from Mt Bovis August 2011

This pic shows the fallen down trig on the summit of Bovis and looks in a south easterly direction toward ...   More ▶︎
Mount Bovis

Mount Bovis

Day trip to a 1252m summit off the Paparoa Range behind Bullock Creek farm.   More ▶︎
Ballroom, Fox River

Ballroom, Fox River

Walk through a spectacular limestone gorge, visit caves, and camp under a massive rock overhang.   More ▶︎
Fox River

Fox River

The Fox River just downstream from the Ballroom Overhang. This is the route from the end of the track at ...   More ▶︎

Pororari Hut

Hut servicing the Paparoa Track, located on a low ridge between the catchments of the Pororari and Punakaiki Rivers.   More ▶︎
Ballroom Fire

Ballroom Fire

Nice indoor/outdoor flow?   More ▶︎
Ballroom Overhang

Ballroom Overhang

The Ballroom is an overhanging cliff, carved by a past bend of the Fox River into a a broad curve. ...   More ▶︎
Dolomite Point Walk

Dolomite Point Walk

The famous Punakaiki Pancake Rocks. Blowholes, sea cliffs.   More ▶︎
Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Teorumata Cave at the mouth of the Fox River is carved out of Hawk's Crag breccia.   More ▶︎
Sunset, Pancake Rocks

Sunset, Pancake Rocks

The Pancake Rocks are layers of limestone where impurities have separated out into horizontal seams -- a process known as ...   More ▶︎
Te Ana o Matuku Cave

Te Ana o Matuku Cave

An historic cave on the Paparoa National Park coastline.   More ▶︎
Ballroom overhang

Ballroom overhang

Ballroom overhang on the Fox River, West Coast. between Westport and Punakaiki. great walk in, good track most of the ...   More ▶︎