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Haast Sightseeing Tours, New Zealand

Round About Haast Introduction

Round About Haast offers Haast sightseeing tours with a unique insight into the character, local history and folklore of the area.

Located on the West Coast of New Zealand, Haast is known as the centrepiece of 'The South West', a New Zealand World Heritage Area.

Experience the remoteness of Haast, New Zealand with our guided tours, specialising in nature tours around the Haast area. View Hector Dolphins, Fiordland Crested Penguins and Fur Seals in their natural environment. Experience nature as it happens, nothing is taken for granted.

Haast Sightseeing Tours

Boat Tours – We pick you up, drive through rain forests and board the Can Do for our Jackson Bay Marine Experience. Or you can self-drive to Jackson Bay.

We view the Hector Dolphins and New Zealand Fur Seals in their natural environment. Bottlenose and Common Dolphins are also seen occasionally. We motor round Jackson Heads from about August to December and then again in February, to see the Fiordland Crested Penguin breeding colony.

Our guided tours in Haast, New Zealand let you experience the Hector Dolphins and New Zealand Fur Seals in their natural environment.

Guided Tours – Our tours take you from Haast to Jackson Bay taking in dramatic driftwood strewn West Coast beaches, and experiencing the rain forests.

Hapuka Estuary is where you can get close to 800 year old rimu, kahikatea, kowhai, manuka and flax where the tui, bellbird and wood pigeon feed. At different times of the tide in the estuary you can see crabs, snails, whitebait and trout.

When at Jackson Bay you can walk through the Whare Kai te Kau track (the locals call it Moccasin Gap) to a windswept beach which has amazing rock formations and pools supporting all sorts of marine life. Alternatively head to Cascade River to see the magnificent Red Hills.

• Experience the remoteness with Haast locals
• Personal service, small groups
• Bring along your camera and binoculars
• Wonderful photographic opportunities
• Tour duration allow three to four hours

Shuttle to Jackson Bay and Cascade River Valley is also available.

For further information about our Haast sightseeing tours please contact us.

About the West Coast

Fox Glacier, West Coast
Photographer: Mick Wheeler
(mick_wheeler@hotmail.com)

It is highly likely that glorious image of New Zealand you see in a book, calendar, magazine or poster is from the South Island's West Coast. It contains the largest area of protected land of any region in New Zealand and provides access to five of New Zealand's 13 national parks.

The West Coast is memorable for its mountain peaks, massive glaciers, bizarre limestone landscapes, mysterious lakes and raging rivers, lush rainforest and a magnificent, wild coastline.

To this amazing natural landscape you can add good accommodation, fine foods, festivals and first class local guides. You can raft an underground cave, hike over a glacier, kayak a stunning lake, pan for gold and taste the traditional West Coast delicacy, whitebait. The local brew's fine too.

For further information about our Haast sightseeing tours please contact us.

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