'''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 [http://nakedbus.com/ nakedbus.com] with fares starting at $1. Intercity Coachlines also travel there. Located approximately 2 hours drive from Fox Glacier.

Get around

See

Do

  • '''Wildfoods Festival''', [http://www.wildfoods.co.nz/wildfoods/]. 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'''.
  • Buy

  • '''Hand blown glass'''. Watch them make beautiful pieces of glass and then make a few purchases at the Hokitika Glass Works.
  • 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, [http://www.teichelmanns.co.nz]. 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, [http://www.blacksands.co.nz].
  • '''Blue Spur Lodge''', PO Box 168, Cement Lead Road, ''03'' 7558445, [http://www.bluespur.co.nz].
  • Get out

  • '''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