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Travel Tips and Stories of West Coast in New Zealand
travelers stories about Shore in West Coast, New Zealand

Shore in West Coast, New Zealand

Kotau Point. West Coast. Photochrom print by Photoglob Co., publisher, [ca. 1890-1910]. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.41262/


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travelers stories about Hill station in West Coast, New Zealand

Hill station in West Coast, New Zealand

  22 km from West Coast


The west coast of NZ looks like this most of the time. I didn’t see the sun once during my weeklong stay - it really gave the area a special atmosphere.


  Experienced by Tyler Lastovich


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travelers stories about Bridge in Deaths Corner, New Zealand

Bridge in Deaths Corner, New Zealand

  28 km from West Coast


One of those shots where everything just came together. Despite having daily adventures in New Zealand for most of a year, this capture still ranks as one of my overall favorites.


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travelers stories about Wildlife in Otira Viaduct Bridge, New Zealand

Wildlife in Otira Viaduct Bridge, New Zealand

  28 km from West Coast


A close-up of a bird. The Kea is a large parrot about 48 cm, it is one of ten endemic parrot species in New Zealand. Photo is taken on a rainy autumn day on the South Island of New Zealand.


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travelers stories about Waterway in Whataroa, New Zealand

Waterway in Whataroa, New Zealand

  101 km from West Coast


Adventuring our way around New Zealand in our motorhome, we came across a small town Whataroa. Just out of that town is this wonderful overpass with glacier water flowing below from the surrounding mountains. With the perfect moody conditions we could not pass up the opportunity to get out and fly (even though it was slightly raining). Our drone/s lasted the quick fly and the shots came out better than anticipated, we hope you enjoy just as much!


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travelers stories about Mountain range in Canterbury, New Zealand

Mountain range in Canterbury, New Zealand

  119 km from West Coast


Driving the South Island of New Zealand. You can’t make this stuff up. The amazing things come up at every twist and turn. Its amazing you make it to your next destination bc of all the photo stops!


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travelers stories about Glacial landform in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

Glacial landform in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand

  126 km from West Coast


Seeing this glacier was awesome, but I was more impressed at how much it had retreated -and just how quickly that had happened! Sadly, you can no longer hike up to the glacier and this photo had to be taken from over 750m away. In 2008, standing in that same spot, I would have been *on* the glacier. Glaciers come and go naturally, but they are especially sensitive to change and our climate reality looks a little bleak. We can do better :)


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travelers stories about Mountain range in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Mountain range in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

  133 km from West Coast


We woke early to watch the sun tear apart the clouds around Mt Aoraki (Mt Cook), revealing its monolithic self, and the peaks of its surrounding children.


  Experienced by Aleks Dahlberg


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travelers stories about Glacial lake in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Glacial lake in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

  133 km from West Coast


This was taken in the evening at Hooker Lake where i was alone in the dark apart from a few large possums. I used a long exposure but due to the wind, some of the icebergs shifted and so are slightly blurry in this image. littleleafcreative.com


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travelers stories about Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

  133 km from West Coast


Flying along with Mount Cook Ski Planes & Helicopters on a trip to New Zealand. Took this photo out the window of their Pilatus Porter PC-6 Airplane.


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travelers stories about Wildlife in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Wildlife in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

  133 km from West Coast


The Kea is the only alpine parrot in the world! I took this image in New Zealand at Mueller Hut, over looking the great Aoraki National Park. Mt Sefton in the background.


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travelers stories about Glacial landform in Canterbury, New Zealand

Glacial landform in Canterbury, New Zealand

  133 km from West Coast


A long, bumpy dirt road keeps a few perfect islands from being too popular in New Zealand. The neatly forested islands look straight out of fantasy.


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travelers stories about Highland in Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Highland in Fox Glacier, New Zealand

  138 km from West Coast


Walking alone at dusk along an immense rock wall into the promise of a sunset was very surreal. The low, thick clouds made it feel like you were in a tunnel - moving towards the light at the end.


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travelers stories about Lake in Lake Matheson, New Zealand

Lake in Lake Matheson, New Zealand

  139 km from West Coast


Took a light pre-dawn stroll to ‘Reflections Island’ of Lake Matheson. The trek was easy and the directions were clear. It is always a good idea to arrive here before the crowd does! The morning fog also adds to the mirror-like lake, making it exceptionally enchanting.


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travelers stories about Mountain in Lake Matheson, New Zealand

Mountain in Lake Matheson, New Zealand

  139 km from West Coast


A unique view and a perfect reflection is waiting for your camera if you head to Lake Matherson, New Zealand. Surprisingly I was the only one there, 9:30am and pure silence.


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travelers stories about Glacial landform in Mount Cook, New Zealand

Glacial landform in Mount Cook, New Zealand

  140 km from West Coast


The wonder of The Hooker Glacier and glacial lake and the fret of Mt Cook, NZ. In winter the lake is iced over and some adventurous souls walk out onto it, not me though I’d rather view from afar.


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travelers stories about Highland in Mount Cook, New Zealand

Highland in Mount Cook, New Zealand

  140 km from West Coast


At Offcut, we’re lucky to call New Zealand home. This stunning country of big mountains and beautiful coastline is both our HQ and our playground. It’s right here that we make our limited range of lifetime guaranteed hats from fabric destined for landfill and plant a tree with every hat sold. Join us on the adventure!


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travelers stories about Mountain range in Mount Cook, New Zealand

Mountain range in Mount Cook, New Zealand

  140 km from West Coast


Watching this sunset was one of the best experiences of my life - we did the Mt Cook walk in the late evening hoping to get Mt Cook for sunset. It was raining all day and all afternoon, but we set out anyway not expecting to even be able to see it. The clouds started to clear just as the sun moved behind the mountain ranges and was almost totally clear while the pinks were out. So glad that we made the decision to go anyway, mother nature had our back.


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travelers stories about Hill station in Mount Cook, New Zealand

Hill station in Mount Cook, New Zealand

  140 km from West Coast


Blizzard passing by, the entire Mt Cook region was covered in snow - seconds later the sun came through and cleared our path way back to our van


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travelers stories about Summit in Mount Cook, New Zealand

Summit in Mount Cook, New Zealand

  140 km from West Coast


On our 3.5 hour drive to Mt Cook, we were surrounded by rain clouds and fog with poor visibility. We considered many times to turn around rather than waste the time driving there if we weren’t going to see anything - we had heard it was unseeable when the weather gets bad, but this was our last day in New Zealand if we were going to see it. We decided to persevere and kept driving, keeping faith that it would clear up. Only within the last 2kms of driving, it did, the sun came out the clouds cleared. It was so worth it. What a mountain. Always keep the faith.


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