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Town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand
Photo: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Karamea is a small town near the northern end of the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Karamea and its local area are completely surrounded to the south, east and north by Kahurangi National Park.
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The southern end of this 78-km track is 14 km north from Karamea.
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.
There are a number walking tracks of from 1 km to 10 km in the Oparara Basin.
The old gold diggings also have a range of walking tracks of 4 km to 14 km through forests with lots of different fungi.
9-room hotel and restaurant.
31-room hotel with backpacker dorms, ensuite rooms, studios and cottages, restaurant, cafe and bar.
Set in 40 acres of rainforest and 20 acres of farmland, this is a small and personal family-run backpacker farm stay at the start of the Wangapeka Track and close to the Heaphy Track. Facilities are shared with the family, and meals are available on request.
The western end of this 59-km track is about 10 km south of Karamea.
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