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Westport Area: Walks and Hikes
Many of Buller’s most special places are best experienced on foot, and this district offers some of the best opportunities for recreational walking and hiking in the country. Immerse yourself in the wildest of seascapes, explore rainforests and canyons, and get access to impressive heritage sites. From ten minute nature and beach circuits to ten day gut-busting tramps through inland ranges, you’ll be spoiled for choice.
Britannia Track
Claim your own Gold!
If you’ve got gold fever you only have to walk in about 20 minutes to reach a signposted Gold Fossicking area; follow the...
Cape Foulwind Walkway & Seal Colony Walk
A short walk with spectacular ocean views, steeple rocks, and...
One of New Zealand’s most accessible seal colonies can be found just out of Westport on the edge of Tauranga Bay....
Length: 1 hr 30mins one-way
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Charming Creek walkway
This walk is rated one of the top five day...
We know you’ll love it. It has it all - amazing scenery and the story of the Watson Brothers, two early...
Chasm Creek walkway
It follows along an old railway formation featuring a tunnel...
This level walkway meets the Seddonville Road at both ends. Begin at the signposted entrance about 1 km up the road...
Constant & Joyce Bays
The Charleston Reserve features a charming walk through flax fields...
An interesting area of multiple small bays--including twin bays Constant and Joyce. Constant Bay was an early West Coast sea port. The...
Denniston - Bridle Path
Our early settlers did it with all their belongings –...
A challenging but rewarding uphill climb, from the bottom to the top. Before the Incline coal cableway was built in 1878, our...
Denniston - Coalbrookdale Walk
Where the first coal on Denniston was discovered in...
Burnetts Face carpark is the start of the Coalbrookdale Walk. A good shingle road behind Denniston (still used by coal trucks) leads...
Denniston - Town Walk
Feel the spirit of The Hill!
Known as the Hill, there were two separate townships linked by the Incline – one, the larger, was Denniston, and the other...
Denniston Incline and Brakehead
"8th Wonder of the World" - Denniston is over 660...
On fine days the views to the horizon of the Tasman Sea and up the Coast are unbeatable – but mist,...
Gentle Annie Point Walk
Begin at roads end. Track climbs to plateau on...
Carry on and try the maze, which takes you out to the point with lovely coastal views and/ or carry on...
Granity Dam Walk
Marvellous old high altitude mining town – and million dollar...
The walkway follows a terraced pathway down to the old Granity Dam – the water from which was used to power...
Kahurangi National Park
Created in 1996, Kahurangi is one of New Zealand's newest...
Translated, its name has a number of meanings including 'treasured possession', an apt description of its wonderfully diverse natural and recreational values....
Contact the Buller DOC office:
+64 3 788 8008
Millerton Bathhouse
Hot water streams from Burning Mines, old bathhouse, charming...
The Bathhouse walks are wonderful and little-known Millerton walks. They were the brainchild of Leicester Kyle, a longtime Millerton resident and poet. ...
Mokihinui Gorge Walk
Once the bustling site of five gold mines and the...
Grand views of the Mokihinui Gorge and lovely bush. Begin by following the road straight through Seddonville to the first ford. Four-wheel...
Mt Glascow
On a fine day competes with any views on the...
The marked route does not extend to Mt Glasgow proper but rather to a high point (1400 metres plus) on top...
North Beach
A relaxing family and dog friendly walk.
– Though do keep the children and dogs under tight control up on the Buller River Breakwater. The walk includes the spectacular...
Paparoa National Park
Luxuriant coastal forest, limestone cliffs and canyons, caves and underground...
Established in 1987, Paparoa National Park is perhaps most famous for the Pancake Rocks and blowholes of Dolomite Point, near the little...
The Old Ghost Road
In the North West corner of the South Island of...
Connecting the old dray road in the Lyell (Upper Buller Gorge) to the mighty Mokihinui River, then joining the Charming Creek Walkway...
Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust
c/o PO Box 204
Westport 7866
info@oldghostroad.org.nz
Tiropahi Track
A well formed track leads up through the scenic Tiropahi...
The Tiropahi Walk is located off SH67, South Charleston. Takes approx 1 hr 30 mins. You will encounter an old bush tramway,...
