Hokitika

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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

The cheapest way to get to Hokitika is with nakedbus.com with fares starting at $1. Intercity Coachlines also travel there.

[edit] Get around

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  • 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.

[edit][add listing] Buy

  • Hand blown glass. Watch them make beautiful pieces of glass and then make a few purchases at the Hokitika Glass Works.

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  • 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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