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West Coast

A diamond in the rough. Get on the offensive, cover yourself in sandfly repellent and tackle the weather & best scenery in NZ head on.

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NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

Time: 40 min return

Cape Foulwind Walkway

Tauranga Bay to Seal Colony

800 m return | 20 minutes return

Historical gold mining artifacts along the trail

Time: 6 hr, Distance: 10.5km

Time: 2 hours return

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Cliffs at Cape Foulwind

3.4 km one-way | 1 hour 15 minutes one-way

Time: 3 hours

Denniston Plateau was the scene of historic mining

Brakehead Walk

Denniston Coalmining Historic Area

1.1 km return | 40 minutes return