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The road trip to Golden Bay is an extraordinary experience in itself - the highlight is a scenic drive over Takaka Hill, known as the marble mountain. There are well signposted lookouts along the way and the subterranean marvels of Harwoods Hole (176m deep) and the Ngarua Caves.

Nearby Takaka is Te Waikoropupu Springs, New Zealands largest freshwater springs and a wahi tapu (scared place) to the local Maori people. The easy walkways have interpretive panels. Farewell Spit is a nature reserve on a sand spit jutting into the Tasman Sea. You can walk on the base of the spit, and there are excellent 4WD safaris (the operators are based in Collingwood) to the lighthouse and bird habitats. Nearby Wharariki Beach is wild and beautiful - wind and waves have created massive rock formations and sand dunes.

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