Kahurangi National Park

Kahurangi National Park is near the northwest corner of the South Island in New Zealand. At 4,520 km² (about 1750 sq mi) it is the second largest of New Zealand's 14 national parks.

Understand

History

The park was formed in 1996, although much of the area was part of a forest park since the 1960s.

Landscape

Flora and fauna

Climate

Get in

Fees and permits

• There is no entrance fee for the park, but permits are required for hunting and fishing, and fees are charged for staying at a hut.

Get around

See

Do

• Heaphy Track . A 78 km walk through native forest that takes 4–6 days, the longest of New Zealand's nine Great Walks. It runs between Brown Hut, inland from Collingwood in Golden Bay, and Karamea, at the northern end of the West Coast region, and can be walked from either end. The highest point is Perry Saddle at about 900 m.
• Wangapeka Track is a challenging 4-6 day tramping track. One end of the tramp is near the Rolling River Junction in the Waimea Basin in the east and the other end is close to the West Coast near Little Wanganui, just south of larger town of Karamea.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Lodging

Camping

Backcountry

• The DOC run an extensive network of huts in the park.

Stay safe

Go next

• Abel Tasman National Park
• The following cities are close to the park:
  • Collingwood
  • Mapua
  • Motueka
  • Murchison
  • Nelson
  • Onekaka
  • Takaka
  • Wakefield
  • Westport