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NEW ZEALAND - South Island
West Coast - Glaciers - Greymouth - Punakaiki
The Great Coast Road is stretching from Greymouth and Westport. This area is an untamed natural wilderness of rivers and rainforests, glaciers and geological treasures. The West Coast is New Zealand’s only source of the famous greenstone (pounamu) with the boulders found in the West Coast rivers. Greymouth is a town with a history of jade hunting, gold mining and dramatic river floods.
Punakaiki is a small village between Westport and Greymouth which lies on the edge of the Paparoa National Park. The "Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes" are a very popular tourist destination at Dolomite Point south of the main village.
BEST TIME to VISIT SOUTH ISLAND
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to WEST COAST
From December to February
West Coast - pretty house near a river
West Coast - Hokitika town - old church
Greymouth - the famous green jade
West Coast - Greymouth - colorful building
West Coast - Greymouth - colorful hotel
West Coast - Greymouth - old hotel building
West Coast - Greymouth - old building
West Coast - Greymouth - restaurant
West Coast - Greymouth - colorful building
West Coast - Greymouth - colorful old buildings
West Coast - Greymouth - street view - colorful buildings
West Coast - Greymouth - shops
West Coast - River
West Coast - Cloudy weather on the mountains
West Coast - Cloudy weather for this scenic drive
narrow one lane road
West Coast - Relax at the lodge
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Rainforest - Tree ferns
West Coast - Rainforest
West Coast - Rainforest
West Coast - Rainforest - Tree ferns
West Coast - old one way bridge
West Coast - Waterfall
West Coast - Franz Josef glacier
West Coast - Fox glacier
West Coast - Fox Glacier
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - house
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - Pretty elegant house
West Coast - FBad weather on Tasman sea
West Coast - one lane bridge
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - Restaurant and convenience store
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - Bar and restaurant
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - house
West Coast - river and mountains
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - restaurant
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - many companies are offering mountain activities
West Coast - Fox Glacier town - many companies are offering mountain activities
West Coast - Knights point overlooking the Tasman Sea
Westport - Shops
Westport - old building
Westport - restaurant
Westport - restaurant
Westport - shops
Westport - shops
Westport - old buildings and tower clock
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - sandy beach
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Landscape
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes - Here the water is pushed up in the blowhole
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes - an active blowhole
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes - Lush vegetation
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Scenic road around Punakaiki
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Overlook of Tasman sea drom a hill
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful rocky coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - River landscape
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Scenic drive
West Coast - River landscape
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful coastline along the Tasman Sea
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Weka is a native bird
West Coast - Great Coast Road - Beautiful coastline along the Tasman Sea
Westport - shops
Westport - old colorful buildings
Westport - Main street - shops
Westport - old house
Westport - shopw
Westport - Mural about people which worked in mines in the past
Westport - old wooden house
Westport - old house
Westport - shops
Westport - old british building
Westport - shops
Westport - shops
Westport - shop
Westport - old house
Westport - colorful shop
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef Glacier with a very bad weather
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Franz Josef town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier with a bad weather
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier town - Bar
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier with a bad weather
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier town - restaurant
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier town - restaurant and convienience store
West Coast - Glacier Highway - Fox Glacier town - a lot of shops are selling mountain activities