Option 1 - Christchurch to Greymouth

Option 2 - Overnight from Greymouth to Christchurch

Day 1

Arrive 12.45pm and check into accommodation.

• Option 1 – Tour to Punakaiki with Greymouth Taxi 2.00pm – 4.15pm Kea Tours 2.15pm – 6.00pm
• Option 2 – Tour to Shantytown with Greymouth Taxi – 2.15pm 4.30pm
• Option 3 – Tour Monteiths Brewery – 2.00pm – 3.30pm
• Option 4 – 2 hour fishing trip either out on the ocean or up the river
• Option 5 - Dolphin trip.
  
  

Day 2

Enjoy a quiet day and have a look through History House Museum which houses a photographic history of our area and marvel at the number of ships lined up along the river bank. See some photos of our past floods and the devastation that was the aftermath of floods.

Pop into Shades of Jade or The Jade Country and watch a carver at work. Walk through the Discovery Trail at Jade Country and see the different colours and interpretations of Jade from around the world.

Drop in to Left Bank Art Gallery and check out the ‘Air New Zealand Pounamu/Jade Collection’ and see the current exhibition from local artists.

Walk part of the ‘Flood Wall’ along the Grey River and stretch your legs before getting back on the train.

Day 1

Arrive in Greymouth, pick up rental car and check into accommodation.

Check the ‘tide time’ with your host and if it is right drive to Punakaiki. Walk the ‘Blowhole Track’ then drive 3 kms north to the Truman Track. This is a short walk through bush to the sea. (½ hour return) There is a chance to kayak on the Pororari River and to horse ride up the Punakaiki River and along the beach. Drive back to Greymouth, and if time permits, check out the ‘Discovery Trail’ at Jade Country and also ‘Shades of Jade’.

Day 2

Check out of your accommodation and drive 11 kms south to Shantytown. (Opens at 8.30am) Allow about 2 hours and then head into town and after checking in for the train, take in the History House Museum. This is a pictorial history of our area and show photos of the amazing floods which have been flowing through the town since the start of our settlement on the banks of the mighty Grey River. Have lunch at one of the many cafes and restaurants in the town before getting back on the TranzAlpine for the return journey to the east coast.

Day 1

Check into accommodation and the let your adventure begin.

• Option 1 – Shantytown.
• Option 2 – On Yer Bike and the miniature villages of Waiuta and Reefton.
• Option 3 – Have round of Mini Golf or try out the Driving Range.
  
  

Day 2

• Option 1 – Raft the Arnold River
• Option 2 – Walk the flood wall to the mouth of the Grey River, passing Coal Park and the fishing wharf and then do some gemstone hunting along the Blaketown beach before walking back into Greymouth. (You can also drive down to the tip)
• Option 3 – Walk through ‘Shades of Jade’ and ‘Jade Country’ and watch the carvers in action. At ‘Jade Country’, check out the ‘Discovery Trail’.
  
  

Day 1

Check into your accommodation and after a good lunch try one of the following:

• Option 1 – Black Water Rafting
• Option 2 – White Water Rafting
• Option 3 – 2 hour Bush & Bog at On Yer Bike
• Option 4 – Enquire at the i-SITE and see if the Climbing Wall is open and spend a couple of hours challenging yourself.
  
  

Day 2

• Option 1 - Drive 11 kms on the road south and visit Shantytown. Ride a steam train up the valley and try your luck panning for gold.
• Option 2 – If you mastered to art of gold panning hire a gold pan for the day at the i-SITE and try your hand at one of the recreational panning areas around Greymouth.
• Option 3 – Dolphin Watching.
• Option 4 – Quick fishing trip on the river or ocean.
• Option 5 - Visit History House Museum and see the pictorial history of our area.
  
  

• Option 1 – Drive north to Punakaiki and stop at one of the may picnic areas along the way and if the tide is right have a ramble along one of the beaches and check out the barnacles and starfish.
• Option 2 – Check out the tide times and drive up to Punakaiki to see the famous Pancake Rocks and Blowholes. Drive 3 kms north to Truman Track and do a bush walk which comes out on a plateau overlooking the Tasman Sea (½ hour return walk).
• Option 3 - Walk through ‘Shades of Jade’ and ‘Jade Country’ and watch the carvers in action. At ‘Jade Country’, check out the ‘Discovery Trail’.
• Option 4 – Visit the Left Bank Art Gallery and check out the ‘Air New Zealand Pounamu/Jade Collection’ and see the current exhibition from local artists.
• Option 5 – Drive ½ hour east to the township of Moana on the shores of Lake Brunner. You may like to take a boat trip round the lake, throw your line in the water or do one of the many walks the area offers.
• Option 6 – Enquire at the i-SITE and see if the Climbing Wall is open and spend a couple of hours challenging yourself.
  
  

• Option 1 – Take a Scenic Flight – either local up over Punakaiki or Glaciers, Mt Cook or Milford Sound in a fixed wing plane or maybe you could do a helicopter flight to Punakaiki or the ‘Hidden Glacier’ at the back of Hokitika.
• Option 2 – Half or full day White Water Rafting or a Heli Raft.
• Option 3 - Drive south to Franz Josef and do a Scenic Flight with a landing on the glacier. Drive on to Fox Glacier and do a walk round Lake Matheson and drive back to Greymouth stopping off for dinner at Hokitika.
• Option 4 – Drive north along the Coast Road to Punakaiki. After visiting the rocks walk the Truman Track. Drive on to the Seal Colony at Cape Foulwind. After lunch in Westport visit Coal Town then drive up SH6 in the Buller Gorge to Reefton and down the valley back to Greymouth.
• Option 5 – Drive to the Brunner Mine Site via SH6 and the Taylorville Road. Cross the bridge to Stillwater and drive to Lake Brunner. Enjoy a leisurely walk round the lake or tackle Mt Te Kinga. There are boat trips available on the lake as well as fishing. The lake is also a very popular swimming spot in the summer. Follow the road east until you intersect with SH73 and turning right follow the signs through Kumara and back to Greymouth.
  
  

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Afternoon
Enjoy some cultural & retail therapy and take in a tour of Monteiths Brewery

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