Epic Travel → Asia & the South Pacific → New Zealand → West Coast → Truman Track

Location: Punakaiki area, West Coast, New Zealand

Time Required: 30 minutes

Distance: 2 km / 1.2 miles roundtrip

Red Tape/Notes: Requires low tide for access.

What’s Nearby?: Punakaiki Cavern, Pororari River Beach Outlet, Maori Sea Cave, Ballroom Overhang, Fox River Cave, Gibsons Beach Walk, Maruia Falls

This short track is probably not terribly exciting unless you time it for low tide, but at low tide it’s great! A little jaunt through a jungle path leads down to a short flight of stairs to the beach. At the beach you’ll find a nice sandy cove with a waterfall pouring over the edge of a cliff and some cool sculpted limestone walls. Further exploration reveals some other neat spots with cool rock formations. A couple of people were here watching the sunset, but we decided to try our luck back at the Pororari River and weren’t disappointed.

Epic Travel → Asia & the South Pacific → New Zealand → West Coast → Truman Track