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Day140 Haast Holyday Park
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Day141 Lake Paringa Campground
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Day142 Fox Holyday Park
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Day143 Franz Josef Holyday Park

Day144 Ross Holyday Park

Day148 Dolomite Point
Dolomite Point

Day148 Punakaiki Beach Camp

Day149 Westport Top10 Holyday Park

Day150 Mohikinui

Day151 Karamea Village Hotel

Day153 Crazy Paving and Box Canyon caves

Day153 Karamea domain

Day153 Mirror Tarn

Day153 Moria Gate

Day153 Oparara Arch
Oparara Arch
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OPARARA BASIN
Lying within Kahurangi National Park, the Oparara Basin is a hidden valley concealing
limestone arches and caves within a thick forest of massive, moss-laden trees. The
valley’s signature sight is the 200m-long, 37m-high Oparara Arch, spanning the picturesque
Oparara River, tannin-stained a fetching shade of caramel, which wends alongside
the easy walkway (45 minutes return). The main car park, a 25km drive northeast of
Karamea (very rough and narrow in places) is the trailhead for walks of various lengths,
and there are excellent information panels here, too.
At the cave mouth of the Oparara Arch walk, some

Day154 Heaphy hut

Day155 Lewis hut

Day155 Mackay hut

Day156 Gouland downs hut

Day156 Perry saddle hut

Day156 Saxon hut

Day157 Aorere shelter

Day157 Brown hut

Day157 Pohara

Day140 Pleasant Flats to Haast

Day141 Haast to Lake Paringa

Day142 Lake Paringa to Fox Glacier

Day143 Fox Glacier to Franz Josef Glacier

Day143 Franz Josef Glacier lookout

Day143 Lake Matheson

Day144 Franz Joseph to Ross

Day145 Ross to Hokitika

Day148 Hokitika to Punakaiki

Day149 Pororari-Punakaiki loop

Day149 Punakaiki to Westport

Day150 Westport to Mokihinui

Day151 Mukihinui to Karamea

Day153 Oparara Arch Bike

Day153 Oparara Arches

Day153 Oparara Caves

Day154 Kohaihai bus

Day154 Kohaihai to Heaphy hut

Day155 Heaphy hut to Mackay hut

Day156 MacKay hut to Perry saddle hut

Day157 Perry saddle hut to Brown hut

Day157 Shuttle from Heaphy to trailhead Takaka airport

Day157 Takaka airport to Pohara