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Are you looking for a holiday home in a stunning location in Punakaiki on the West Coast?

Golden Sands Horse and Wagon Tours offers you the opportunity to travel in the footsteps of the early pioneers, down one of New Zealand’s most beautiful, unspoiled wild West Coast beaches. Great for couples and families with small children.

Best in the West coffee, pancakes, bacon/egg butties, whitebait sandwiches, great banter and local information.

Between the beach, river and National Park the Punakaiki Beach Camp is truly a paradise holiday destination. The camp is located 700m north of the Pancake Rocks under magnificent limestone cliffs.

11 cottages and lodges for singles, couples, families & friends for walkers, mountain-bikers, nature-lovers or if you just want to get away from it all.

Come stay with us at HAVENz Punakaiki for a selection of traditional Kiwi hideaways, luxury home, holiday apartments and baches - in both coastal and tranquil native forest locations.

Fox Hut is set on a coastal clifftop property on the famous Great Coast Highway, halfway between Greymouth and Westport and just a seven-minute drive from Punakaiki (site of the 'Pancake Rocks'). Fox Hut is the 'sister hut' to Woodpecker Hut.

Wave Watchers Retreat is located in the Punakaiki Village on a private beachfront site in the Paparoa National Park.

On the South Island’s rugged West Coast, the Punakaiki Beachfront Motels are the ideal location to enjoy all that this stunning region has to offer.

The main highway called The Great Coast Road between Westport and Greymouth has been named one of the Top 10 Coastal Drives in the world according to Lonely Planet.

Indo Kiwi is set on a coastal property on the famous Great Coast Highway, 65 minutes drive from Greymouth, 35 minutes drive from Westport and just a seven-minute drive from Punakaiki (site of the 'Pancake Rocks').

The Nile River Rainforest Train Is a short interpretative train journey through primeval rain forest whilst seated in small open sided carriages.