Green Kiwi Tours
Punakaiki, West of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

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Green Kiwi Tours are based in Punakaiki, the home of the famous Pancake Rocks and Blowholes in Paparoa National Park. Our experienced, knowledgeable guides can take you on local trips in and around the National Park or further afield. 

	spectacular scenery;  gorgeous sunsets;  rivers and canyons;  secret valleys;	rainforest walks;  long sandy beaches;  beautiful caves;  warm, friendly people;
Punakaiki Coast	Click here or on photo to see larger images		Pororari River walk

 

What do you want to do?

Contact us for information and a booking on our trips in and around Punakaiki

Overland, underground or back-in-time

Overland

Our guides can take you walking, hiking, bird watching, photographing, sightseeing, driving...

Underground

We take cave trips to adventurous Xanadu, the seaside Cavern and pretty Fox River Cave...

Back-in-time

Our guides can 'bring back' some of the characters who lived and worked here - our iwi Maori and European forebears...

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Who’s Green Kiwi?

We specialise in nature and heritage tours. We are friendly, knowledgeable and enjoy meeting people...
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Telephone: +64-3-7311-843 
Fax: +64-3-7311-842
Email: enquiries@greenkiwitours.co.nz 
Internet: www.greenkiwitours.co.nz 

Other Places, Other People

'Around The Globe' Reefton Gold Mine Tours

Kit up in hard hart, hi-vis vest and safety glasses and come with us up to New Zealand's newest hardrock gold mine. Currently being mined by Oceana Gold it's at the Globe just south of Reefton in the middle of Victoria Conservation Park.
This fantastic tour give you a taste of the past and the present - take in the memorabilia at Reefton and Blacks Point as well as visiting todays gold mining operation surrounded by breathtaking views of the snow capped Paparoa and Victoria Ranges.
Wet and cold weather is no problem as the mine operates in most conditions and travel is in our new and warm, 4WD coach, specifically designed for these mine conditions.
Generally scheduled tours operate 1.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays, but there are some variations so please check the tour schedule. We can often provide a tour at times outside this schedule and group bookings are welcomed.

Full Tour Schedule

At the mine you get to:

- Dress like a miner in hard hat, hi-vis vest and safety glasses
- Learn how gold is extracted from the open pit to the processing plant to the smelter
- Drive along the haul road to the pit edge to watch the giant excavators load the 92 tonne dump trucks
- Climb up and through the processing plant and chat with the crew in the control room
- Experience the beech forest and wildlife of Victoria Conservation Park

En route you get to:

- Take a glimpse of life in Reefton back in the 1870s when men and families came across the world in search of a piece of our gold
- Watch how the gold was extracted from the quartz rock in the stamper battery at the Blacks Point Museum
- End the tour with a coffee and nibble from the 'seriously shortbread people' at The Broadway Tearooms & Bakery or some billy tea with the colourful Bearded Miners

For more information go to: 'Around The Globe' Reefton Gold Mine Tours web site

We link to operators on and off the Coast so you can enjoy other bits of New Zealand after you leave us.

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