Don't miss the Hokitika Gorge
As an expat Kiwi, I lived my first 30 years in New Zealand and it wasn't until I returned from a vacation in the US in 2008, that I was shown the Hokitika Gorge.
I had literally hopped off the plane in Christchurch the day before, after a long long flight and wondered why my father would torture me to go to the Wild Foods Festival in Hokitika by driving to it the same day I got in to town.
I won the tickets, but the next morning, on the Saturday, I was dragged out of the motel room and driven to a remote location, past the site of the Stanley Graham massacre many years before.
We drove seemingly into the middle of nowhere and I wondered, what wa so spectacular about this river?
You have to see it to believe it.
The swing suspension bridge is charming, the river a turquoise blue, even under a gray day. And there are plenty of those on the Coast.
This is a stunning phenomenon and I would recommend it to any one who either lives in NZ or who is thinking about traveling or moving there.
It's about 20 miles out of Hokitika on the West Coast. Trust me, it's beautiful and you'll never forget it.
It's perhaps not as well known as Punakaiki, north of Greymouth, but is possibly more spectacular (even if the former is still one of my favorite Kiwi spots).
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Originally Posted by Upside_Down
