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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Paparoa National Park South Island
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Learning to pull a good pint ...
11th of October
Another early morning start with almost a full day of travelling from Nelson to Greymouth. It was a great coastal drive where we past beaches, limestone cliffes, and rainforest. The landscape of South Island has so many contrasts .... the day before I was at a Sandy beach, today I was at a sub tropical Rainforest with …
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Snow and Ice at the Glacier - no Polar Bears!
... . We drove along stopping for photos every now and then. We stopped for a few hours at Punakaiki - as part of Paparoa National Park Punakaiki is home to the famous Pancake Rocks. So called, because the stone through erosion is stacked like pancakes, ...
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Pancake Rocks - Paparoa National Park
Not an entry but this part of the west coast deserves its own photo ...
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West Coast and Buller Gorge
... of the sea, and earthquakes. We spent some time in Punakaiki at the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes, part of Paparoa National Park, very awesome coastal scenery. There were penguin crossing signs which were pretty interesting - in some places they won't ...
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Lots of rare and beautiful things.
... the night - the small town of Rapahoe just north of Greymouth on the West coast. We paid a visit to Paparoa National Park in Punakaiki, location of the strange Pancake Rocks and several blowholes. The thundering Surge Pool was quite impressive with ...
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A Grey City on a Gray Day
... again at a lookout place, just a 5 minute stop to take some pictures of the cliffs. Then a bit further we entered Paparoa National Park where we had a 1/2 hour or so to walk the Truman Track down to the beach where there was a small waterfall, pebble ...
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New Zealand Week 2: Nelson -> Queenstown
... coast road, considered in the Lonely Planet guide to be the 6th best coastal drive in the world. We stopped off at Paparoa National Park where we jumped/hobbled off to do a short walk down the Truman Track through dense rainforest to the rocky coast. ...
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Across the Southern Alps
... we had a look round before breakfast, but after brek we were off up the hill to see the pancake rocks in Paparoa National Park. These are natural formations that have been created by complex geological processes that were too hard for me to understand on ...
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South Island - West Coast
... North Island, but just as beautiful - rugged, rock strewn beaches with waves slamming into the shore. We also drove through Paparoa National Park and got off the bus for a 45 minute walk through Cape Foulwind which was very picturesque and allowed us to ...
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South Island Adventures!
... created, waterfalls and the chunks of glacier pushed downstream by the river. We traveled further north to Paparoa National Park. This northwestern part of the island reminded us of the tropical rainforests in Kauai. The weather was hot to match and we ...
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Hokitika and Punakaiko
... like....guess what? CHICKEN! or Turky ....mmmm how typical! Punakaiko is famous for its pancake rock formation and paparoa national park. We cycled about 20 kms yesterday from the beach to the campsite, going along the beautiful valley overlooking ...
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