Nice falls.

Great you can have a look from both sides, below AND the top. The first waterfall I saw where you can stand at the top and see it flowing and falling down.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

Campground facilities are pretty old and dirty, but still...

all you need is there.

It is right at the start of a 40min kauri walk and great chance to see kiwi's in the wild (when it is dark).

We went around 9pm and saw one after only 5min.

Good luck! :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago

Big popular campsite.

Two very nice beaches, good swimming! A pity you can't pitch yr tent/park yr van with view on the beach/sea, but hey, you can't have everything in life ;). Good facilities and loooots of space

Reviewed over 11 years ago

Great pictures.

The longest walk and the best tree :)

You can walk around the tree and touch it :)

It is really a HUGE tree :)

I really enjoyed the walk to the tree too. Beautiful forest! Lots of kauri trees everywhere.

Reviewed over 11 years ago

We hired a bodyboard of a guy with a van full of bodyboards (15$ per board, as long as you like).

And had lots of fun! It's veeery hard work walking up those dunes and very short fun to go down, but so worth it!

Make sure you go up the high ones in the back, it's like being in the Sahara :). Lots of sand! ;) Beautiful!

Reviewed over 11 years ago

Big popular campsite, but still lots of space, relaxing and quiet.

Soooo much space to pitch your tent/park your van, several toiletblocks, lovely cold showers outside to cool down, and great swimming in the sea or in the river which ends up in the sea. Awesomeness! :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago

YES YES YES!!!

11!!!

One of the best things done in NZ!

Such an adventure.

We thought it would be nice, kayaking down the river for 5 days, but it was AWESOME!

We expected loooooots of paddling, and of course we did paddle a lot, but there were also lots of very exciting and fun rapids and on lots of places some stream to push you a little in the back :).

The campsites were fantastic and the company we rented our double kayak from (Taumaranui Canoe Hire) was soooo nice and the people there sooo helpful!

The Whanganui Journey --> 500% recommended!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

These guys are just amazing!

Right people on the right place! They were doing everything they could to help us and all the others out as much as possible. From the first till the last second. We camped at their property for free. Got excellent tea and yummy muffins, got picked up from town and dropped off in town again after the adventure.

Got a great double kayak, with perfect drybags and everything else we needed. Got maps and lots of information.

Karen and Ron and their kids really made our adventure an unforgettable one!

Don't doubt for a second and go with these guys! You won't regret it :)

Reviewed almost 12 years ago

Around 3 hours UP.

Not very easy, and all the time through the bush. Well formed track, but some knee-work with all the rocks and tree-roots ;).

Not the most exciting track, but not bad neither...

UNTILL you are at the top...

I've been in NZ for a year and seen A LOT. And this is one of the most amazing views in the country!

View over the whole sounds, untill the North Island, untill the mountains more south,... Just breathtaking!

I just didn't understand there wasn't anybody else.

Easier 2 hours down.

Walk this track! You won't regret! Promised :).

Cheers

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

Very different campsite.

:) Eco indeed :).

Nice facilities and lots of space.

Right next to Mistletoe Bay (duh!), which is soooo cute and private and beautiful.

Great swimming (and HUGE stingrays).

Surprisingly expensive (15$ and by the time I accepted that because of all the facilities it turned out to be 2$ extra for a shower :)).

If it hadn't been for the extremely nice owners, I would have turned around and walked away :)

But luckily I didn't, because it was great!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

We stayed at the buller-department of the west bay camping ground.

Some nice walks close by. Right next to the lake. Nice, private sites. And very new and great facilities, for just 6$, amazing!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

It's a very popular track, but it didn't even disturb me :).

It is really really beautiful! Sea, beach, cliffs, seals, bush, town :) You've got it all!

I'll always remember this one because of it's many 'WAWs' :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

Very touristy.

Nice tree, but not sooooo impressive. If you want to have a nice walk, see lots of other kauri trees and more impressive ones, go to the other kauri-walks

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

Walked up to Aspiring Hut and Back.

Nice walk!

We stayed for the night at the campsite and oh my god!!! Make sure you take looooots of repellent and long pants! SOOOO many sandflies!

We did some smaller walks around the hut, very nice!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

Free and excellent!

Just put yourself a little away from the dusty gravel road and everything will be perfect :).

Heard you might see some dolphins here too, unfortunatly not when I was there.

That whole road (Port Underwood road from Blenheim to Picton) is magic! One of my favorite roads in NZ! Beautiful bay after bay and then camping here for free, what do you want more in life?

Make sure to have a stop at the bays nearby too.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in January 2013

A MUST SEE!!!!!!!!

It looks all cool from the outside, but it's 100x better then this. It's amazing! The creativity and the humor!

Make sure to pay the small fee (and sponsor this amazing never-ending project) to enter the garden. If you liked the bus, you'll LOVE it in the garden :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012

Big campsite next to the main road.

Doesn't look like anything special in the first place, especially with its disgusting longdrop :). But make sure to drive/walk far enough and camp in the back and take a wee walk to the river. Very nice and relaxing there!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012

Such a nice spot!

We weren't sure if we wanted to spend the money on the ferry from Stewart Island, to Ulva Island, but we're so happy we did, because it was so special and worth it! Amazing how many birds are there, all around us and when having lunch one came and sat on my foot, haha! And I know this must sound crazy, but I promise I'm not making it up... We got chaised by a sea lion, walking through the BUSH on Ulva Island Ha! AWESOME! :) (at the moment a little bit scary too, but hey, now one of our best stories :))

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012

Make sure to check the tides.

And even then there is a chance that it will be cancelled due to weather-conditions. When we were there we could enter, but we would have to get knee-deep in the water. So of course that's what we did :).

Nice experience! Beautiful big beach, with several caves. Make sure to get to the second one too, even if that one is a secret ;)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in December 2012

Nice relaxing track.

We did it in 3 days, if you are fit, you can do it in 2 too.

If you camp, you can stay at the first campsite (Maori Beach, a beautiful loooong beach), but it's such a short first day (3h or so), so we decided to stay at the next one next to the first hut, and we were happy we did, because it was even nicer :)

First day coastal track, from second day on more inland, through nice bush.

Apparently theeee chance to see kiwi in the wild. Haven't seen one there unfortunately (but did on the halfmoon bay track on Stewart Island). Good luck!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in November 2012

Short walk (30-40min) up to where the famous gondola goes.

But of course you don't pay and you're losing some weight :).

It is really UP, but it's a really nice trail. And the views here and there on the way, but especially on the top are ABSOLUTELY worth it. After you can walk down, take the gondola much cheaper down or mountainbike down on one of the many trails.

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in November 2012

Excellent views over arrowtown and its surroundings!

Go up at one track and go down the other, to have some variation :). Short and steep, and worth it!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in November 2012

We walked this track as much as possible during our 1-week stay in Arrowtown.

Even if there was another, shorter way, we would take the longer one so we could walk on the river trail. It's no trekking, it's no hard work, it's just easy and relaxing!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in November 2012

Nice, shorter walk.

Once you are at the river, make sure to continue (left), that's the fun part :)

Nice, walking in the valley! :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in October 2012

Very nice relaxing walk, next to the river, through very beautiful bush!

I especially remember the colour :) Lots of GREEEEN! :) Really enjoyed this one!

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in September 2012

We bought tickets for 50% on grabone, and it was worth every cent!

If we would have paid the full price, we would have been a little dissapointed. We wanted to do this because of the tubing, and that part unfortunatly just took 10-15min.

Still... We had a GREAT guide! And the people in the office were soooo nice and helpfull!

Our trip first got cancelled because of the weather, and they brought us to a backpackers and picked us up there the next morning to go on our adventure, awesome! :)

Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in September 2012