The West Coast, South Island New Zealand

Within this 600 kilometer long swathe of Eden, no wider than 70 kilometers at any point, the mountains look closer, the lakes clearer, the rivers larger and faster, the forests more lush than anywhere else in the country.

Not surprisingly, given its rich environmental heritage, the West Coast of the Southern Alps boasts five of New Zealand's fourteen national parks - Kahurangi, Paparoa, Arthur's Pass, Westland, Mt Aspiring - along with the South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. Days can be spent exploring the region, which Rudyard Kipling described as "the last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite part".

Among the scenic treasures to be found on the West Coast are New Zealand's highest mountains, lowest glaciers, finest lowland rainforests (with the tallest trees), wildest beaches, longest caves and most natural rivers.

The West Coast of the Southern Alps has it all - it is one area of New Zealand that you must not miss. In this increasingly developed world the West Coast remains "with the world's other special places".

 

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