Karamea
Karamea is a small town near the northern end of the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand.
Understand
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Bridge Street
Karamea has a population of 400. The town was first settled in 1874.
- 🌍 Karamea Information & Resource Centre, 106 Bridge Street, Market Cross. summer daily 9am to 5pm.
Get in
By car
Karamea is 96 km north of Westport, near the end of the road north.
By bus
- Karamea Express run a minibus from Westport.
- Karamea Connections provide on-demand shuttles to and from walking tracks.
By plane
- 🌍 Karamea Aerodrome. Golden Bay Air flies scheduled and on-demand flights from Nelson and Takaka, and on-demand flights from Wellington.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Karamea Centennial Museum. summer Wed - Sat 1pm - 4pm.
Do
Longer walks
- Heaphy Track. The southern end of this 78 km track is 14 km north from Karamea.
- Wangapeka Track. The western end of this 59 km track is about 10 km south of Karamea.
Shorter walks & caves
- Honeycomb Hill caves. via Oparara Basin, the caves have 15 km of passages. As the caves are protected, they are only accessible by guided tour which can be customised by arrangement.
- Oparara Basin walks. There are a number walking tracks of from 1 km to 10 km in the Oparara Basin.
- The Fenians walks. The old gold diggings also have a range of walking tracks of 4 km to 14 km through forests with lots of different fungi.
Buy
- 🌍 Four Square Supermarket, 103 Bridge Street. Mon-Thu 8:30am-6pm, Fri 8:30am-7pm, Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 9am–5pm.
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Karamea Village Hotel
- 🌍 Karamea Village Hotel. 9 room hotel and restaurant. from $130.
- 🌍 The Last Resort, 71 Waverley Street, ☎ +64 3 782 6617. 31 room hotel with backpacker dorms, ensuite rooms, studios and cottages, restaurant, cafe and bar. dorm bed $37 - cottage $155.
- 🌍 Karamea River Motels, ☎ +64 3-782 6955.
Connect
Go next
- Westport - a cute town with a cuter seal colony at Carter's Beach
- Punakaiki - the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
- Greymouth - the largest town in the West Coast region
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