header-photo

Oceania : New Zealand : South Island : Nelson Tasman : Golden Bay

Golden Bay

Golden Bay is a very beautiful, relatively untouched and quiet corner of the South Island of New Zealand that is often overlooked by travelers.

Regions

Destinations

Understand

Talk

Get in

Drive over the Takaka Hill.

Get around

See

  • Beaches. Golden sand - what else - in bay called golden.
  • Pupu spring. One of the largest, by volume, fresh water springs in the world.
  • Farewell Spit. A long sand dune reaching far into the water
  • Cape Farewell. The northern most point of the South Island
  • Wharariki Beach. A spectacular beach close to Cape Farewell
  • Whanganui Inlet. A very remote inlet on the west coast. Drive further south to Anatori for spectacular beaches and rock formations

Do

  • Heaphy Track

Eat

  • Golden Salami. Salami shop on the road south of Takaka

Drink

Stay safe

Get out

This page was last edited at 04:13, on 7 June 2008 by Jim DeLaHunt. Based on work by Quentin Davies, Ian Kirk and glen newton, Wikitravel user(s) Jonboy and Huttite and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.