Photo gallery of West Coast
The West Coast region is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country. However, it is very rich in interesting places. The land is very scenic, with wild coastlines, mountains, and a very high proportion of native bush, much of it native temperate rain forest. The West Coast is the only part of New Zealand where significant tracts of lowland forest remain.Kahurangi National Park is situated in northwest, and it is the second largest of New Zealand's fourteen national parks. It is very remote place, but it is worth to come here, especially because of Oparara Valley/Oparara Basin. Only here around you can see so many groves of Nikau palm trees - the only palm species native to mainland New Zealand.
On the way south, everybody has to stop viewing extraordinary Pancakes Rocks and blowholes near Punakaiki, down southward then the two glaciers named Franz Josef and Fox, and not far from them nobody should miss to try his/her luck on picturing Mount Cook and Mount Tasman reflecting in the New Zealand's most famous mirror lake - Lake Matheson.
The West Coast region includes also a half of the Routburn Track - one of the best tramping track that New Zealand offers. This 'gem' among tracks is incredibly beautiful and it has its special and prior position among the other Great Walks, where it belongs to.
Kohaihai River swingbridge
Path in Oparara Basin
Moira Gate Arch, Oparara Valley
Oparara River
Oparara River
Ancient forest
Mirror Tarn, Oparara Valley
Mirror Tarn, Oparara Valley
Swing bridge
Tree fern frond
Giant Carnivorous Land Snail
Path on Heaphy Track
Nakau palm tree grove
Ripe fruit of the Nikau
Coastal path
Nikau grove
Beach on North-West coast
Road & rail bridge
Arahura River
Serpentines
Serpentines
Surfgirls in Hokitika
Beach in Hokitika
Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki
Pancakes Rocks and Blowholes
Pancakes Rocks, Punakaiki
Pancakes rocks and blowholes
Truman Beach
Truman Beach
West Coast's pebbles
Lake Mahinapua
Lake Mahinapua
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Guided tour on Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Peters Pool
Fox Glacier's glacial river
Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier
Mt. Cook & Mt. Tasman
Lake Matheson
Mt. Cook & Mt. Tasman
Whataroa River, Southern Alps
Ship Creek
Swamp Forest Walk
Swamp Forest Walk
Fantail Falls
Routeburn Gorge
Routeburn grassed flats
Routeburn Gorge
Routeburn Falls
Tarns
Tarn
Tarn
Harris Saddle
Lake Harris
Lake Harris
Harris Saddle
Lake Harris
Lake Harris
Lake Harris
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