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Hokitika, gateway to the South Westland World Heritage National Park, is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
[edit] Get in
[edit] Get around
- Wildfoods Festival, [1]. Annual food festival displaying foods that range from the begnin, to the absolute wildest (paua titties (roe), bull, lamb and goat testicles) you could consider.
- Visit the glowworm cave.
- Carve some jade.
- Hand blown glass. Watch them make beautiful pieces of glass and then make a few purchases at the Hokitika Glass Works.
- Hokitika Holiday Park, 42 Stafford Street, 64 3 755 8172, fax 64 3 755 8127. Tent sites, power sites, cabins, and motel units available. From NZ$10-105.
- Riverview Cabins, 154 Kaniere Road, 64 3 755 7440.
- Teichelmann's Bed & Breakfast Inn, 20 Hamilton St, NZ Free phone 0800 743 742, 64 3 755 8232, 64 3 755 8239, [2]. From NZ$115-180, including continental breakfast.
- Airport Tudor Motel, 123 Tudor Street, 03 755 8193, freephone 0800 883 671.
- Black Sands Moter Lodge and Motor Home Park, 252 Revell Street, 03 755 8772, 03 755 8773, Freephone 0800 755 222, [3].
- Blue Spur Lodge, PO Box 168, Cement Lead Road, 03 7558445, [4].
[edit] Get out
- Franz Josef Glacier. Two hours drive
- Punakaiki Blowholes. An hour and a half drive
- Shantytown. 20 minutes drive
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