West Coast

South Island

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.

12 items with the highest ranking score first

1.2 km return | 20 minutes return

Time: 3 - 4 hr return

Lake Matheson on the early morning

Time: 1 hr 30 min round trip

Vistas along the Copland Track

Copland Track

To Welcome Flat Hut

Time: 2 days return. Distance: 34 km return.

Fox River from a helicopter flight

River Walk

Fox Glacier

1.8 km return | 40 minutes return

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View from the look out

Chalet Lookout Track

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Time: 1 hr 30 min return the Chalet Lookout Track leads to a lookout which offers excellent views of the lower icefall of Fox Glacier Te Moeka...

Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier / Te Ara o Tuawe Walk

Fox Glacier Terminal Face

2.6 km return | 1 hour return

Time: 6 hr return

The buckets from the old dredge

Bucket Dredge Walk

Gillespies Beach

1.6 km return | 30 minutes return

Plenty of rusting parts of the suction dredge

Suction Dredge Walk

Gillespies Beach

400 m return | 15 minutes return

A timeless view of Fox Glacier

800 m return | 20 minutes return