Punakaiki Vacations, Punakaiki Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide
The blowholes
- 1 people going to Punakaiki
- 1 Punakaiki TravBuddies
- 27 Punakaiki Travel Blogs
- 211 Punakaiki Photos & Videos
- 4 Punakaiki Hotels
- 0 Punakaiki Hostels
- 0 Punakaiki Things To Do
- 0 Punakaiki Restaurants
- 0 Punakaiki Travel Tips
Punakaiki Accommodations and Lodging
Sponsored Links
Punakaiki Vacation Guide
Punakaiki is a small community on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, between Westport and Greymouth. The community lies on the edge of the Paparoa National Park.
The Pancake Rocks are a popular tourist goal at Dolomite Point south of the main village. The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts though a number of vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments), these form the main attraction of the area.
The Pancake Rocks are presently explorable by a number of walkways winding through the rock formations, parts of these wheelchair-accessible and others carved into stairways up and down the rock faces. State Highway 6, the only through road on the West Coast, passes through the town.
The Pancake Rocks are a popular tourist goal at Dolomite Point south of the main village. The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts though a number of vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments), these form the main attraction of the area.
The Pancake Rocks are presently explorable by a number of walkways winding through the rock formations, parts of these wheelchair-accessible and others carved into stairways up and down the rock faces. State Highway 6, the only through road on the West Coast, passes through the town.
Punakaiki Travel Blogs
Aug 20, 2008 – Sep 05, 2008
We left Picton this morning and headed for the west coast. We stopped shortly in St Arnaud just because there was snow around. When we arrived in Punakaiki we went straight to the blow holes because they work at there best at high tide.
It is a formation of rocks that create some great viewing as…
411 
79 
177 
Nov 06, 2004 – Nov 28, 2004
After a good breakfast we did pack our backs and walked down to wait for our boat who would bring us back to Picton. Before this the owner Ron took us in his boot to show us a little bit from the surrounding waters. The big boat came at 10:15 and left with all of us. It took us 1,5 hour e…
Mar 02, 2007 – Mar 25, 2007
By the time I had driven around the car park at the car rental place I had pretty much figured out how to drive an automatic car... when stationary keep your foot on the brake... when you want to start moving press accelerator gently (do not stomp down on it..........)
The plan for today was to dr…
TravBuddies going to Punakaiki |
TravBuddies who live in Punakaiki
There are no TravBuddies currently living in Punakaiki. If you live in Punakaiki, why not register and share you knowledge? You may also invite your friends to join TravBuddy.
|
