Located in one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, our luxury studios offer breathtaking views and access to some of the best attractions and activities nearby on the West Coast. Whether you’re looking for a romantic getaway, a relaxing vacation, an adventure, or a business trip, our luxury accommodations are the perfect place to stay.
The Pancake Rocks at Dolomite Point near Punakaiki are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes.
The foundations of the Pancake Rocks were formed 30 million years ago when minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km below the surface.
Immense water pressure caused them to solidify into layers of more resistant limestone and softer, thin, mud-rich layers.
Gradually seismic action lifted the limestone above the seabed where water, wind and salt spray eroded the softer layers leaving a “pancake” like stack of harder limestone.
One of New Zealand’s most accessible seal colonies can be found just out of Westport on the edge of Tauranga Bay.
The best time to view is October to March when the bull seals return to mate and the pups are at their most playful.
Enjoy the lovely bush walk down to the impressive Coal Creek Falls. A nice place to cool off with a swim in the hot summer months.
Now’s the time to discover the last of the wild places and spin a yarn or two of your own, with one of the country’s smoothest and most accessible cycle trails. Some sections of the trail are still under construction plus a couple of sections have one or two hills that may require a little more ‘oomph’!
Experience one of the world’s best GlowWorm displays in one of the few unspoiled, guided cave systems remaining. A real and unique experience in one of the largest of New Zealand’s caves. From our modern base at Charleston, travel to the Rainforest Train & through the primeval rainforest & towering limestone cliffs of the Nile River Canyon. A short walk from Soft Rock Terminal will take you to the enormous Metro / Te Ananui Cave. Explore an ancient wonderland sculpted in limestone, complete with amazing formations and live commentary from your local guide. Visit a calcitic paradise in the Hall of Refugees before taking in the spectacular Main Entrance and the amazing GlowWorm galaxies illuminating the active streamways in the cave.
Located in Greymouth on the West Coast, Monteith’s Brewery is the original home of craft brewing in New Zealand and a recognised Qualmark Gold visitor experience. This is thanks to our great hospitality, a fabulous menu, prompt service, and wonderful stories – not to mention our selection of award-winning beers and ciders.
We invite you to come and enjoy something from our locally inspired menu, explore our range of craft beers and ciders with a tasting tray, enjoy our free museum, or shop all things Monteiths.
While you’re here, take a guided 45-minute brewery experience tour to learn about all the wonders of craft beer. You’ll get to pour your own beer from the tap, get some great discounts on great West Coast activities, and take home a 6 pack of your favourites – all included in the tour price. Tours take place 7 days a week at 4pm.
A modern facility with indoor or outdoor dining offers an environment and atmosphere to suit everyone from single business travellers and couples through to family and party groups.
The menu is sure to impress with a wide range of traditional fare, but including mouth-watering West Coast options from both land and sea. You can try whitebait, venison or blue cod.
Gluten-free and vegetarian options are available.
If you are looking for a delicious dinner or just wanting to relax, Paroa Hotel invites you to enjoy yourself in the one of the best restaurants Greymouth has to offer. Unwind in one of Paroa’s two bars with our large selection of beer, wine and coffee.
Located onsite at Beachfront Hotel, the restaurant offers magnificent ocean views and dining experience.
This magnificently positioned restaurant is elevated above the water so you can relax and enjoy a top-quality dining experience while watching the waves break on the beach.
At Kingfisher Restaurant & Bar you will have a warm welcome with our roaring fires and large bar and restaurant facilities. Including a function room to cater for private events. We offer indoor restaurant seating along with tables in the bar for those wishing to watch the large screen TV. Sun deck in summer offers large tables and umbrellas to enjoy the sunshine and lake views.
Our menu is large and extensive with a great selection for New Zealand produce.
Greymouth’s newest restaurant located in the town square it has a cafe and bar feel and offers the best food, coffee, beer and cocktails.
Our journey begins back in 1995. Four forward thinking coffee aficionados developed a burning desire to share a fresh kind of coffee experience. They wanted to share the many and varied coffee brewing methods they’d discovered in their travels around the world.
Pancake Rocks Café is the perfect stop for a coffee, hearty meal or a quick bite! Come enjoy our famous pancake stack, inhouse made cakes, goodies and gourmet stoneoven pizzas.
Carters Beach is a suburb of Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Located 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Westport on State Highway 67A, it offers a pristine sheltered sandy beach on the West Coast suitable for swimming. From the Buller River jetty at the east end of Carters Beach, west to Cape Foulwind, the beach runs for more than 9 uninterrupted kilometres.
Lake Brunner, 37km inland from Greymouth , is the largest lake on the West Coast and a favourite playground for locals. The town of Moana sits at the northern end of Lake Brunner and has accommodation and dining options. There is a service centre for motoring needs and grocery supplies and a variety of land and water based activities in Moana.
Lake Kaniere is one of the most beautiful lakes in New Zealand and offers opportunity for a number of water sports. There are also several picnic places, a camping area, and numerous short walks.
The town (which is known as Arthur’s Pass Village) is best known for sharing its name with the Arthur’s Pass mountain pass, the 47-kilometre road which connects Christchurch to the West Coast.
Thousands of tourists take this stunning mountain road yearly, which weaves through some of the Southern Alps’ most impressive scenery. The road is officially known as State Highway 73, but it’s no surprise that it’s also referred to as the Great Alpine Highway, and most commonly, as Arthur’s Pass.
Arthur’s Pass Village is a popular base for exploring Arthur’s Pass National Park.
The Ross Goldfields Information & Heritage Centre is located at the southern end of Aylmer Street and is the one-stop spot for gold mining history and regional information.
You can hire or buy a gold pan and head up to the DOC fossicking area at Jones Creek, where gold was first discovered in 1865, and the odd flecks are still uncovered today.
Or, if time is short or the weather wet, you can pan undercover at the centre where your fortune could be uncovered.
Shantytown is one of New Zealand’s premier cultural and heritage attractions. A faithfully recreated 1900s pioneer town, born out of, and stimulated by, the great West Coast gold rushes of the 1860s.
