Hokitika
Hokitika, gateway to the South Westland World Heritage National Park, is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
Get in
The cheapest way to get to Hokitika is with nakedbus.com with fares starting at $1. Intercity Coachlines also travel there. Located approximately 2 hours drive from Fox Glacier.
Get around
See
Do
Buy
- Hand blown glass. Watch them make beautiful pieces of glass and then make a few purchases at the Hokitika Glass Works.
- ""Pounamu"". This nephrite jade is found only on the West Coast, and its harvest and sale is governed by Ngai Tahu. There are a variety of pounamu stores, mainly along Weld and Tancred Streets. Beware some shops selling Canadian jade carved in China - if the price looks too good to be true, it's probably not pounamu. You can see Ngati Waewae carvers in action and buy verified pounamu carvings at Te Waipounamu Maori Heritage Centre, on the corner of Weld & Sewell.
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- 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, . 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, .
- Blue Spur Lodge, PO Box 168, Cement Lead Road, 03 7558445, .
Go next
- Fox Glacier. 2.5 hours drive south on State Highway 6. Fox Glacier is the biggest and less crowded West Coast glacier.
- Franz Josef Glacier. Two hours drive
- Punakaiki Blowholes. An hour and a half drive
- Shantytown. 20 minutes drive
