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Westland Tai Poutini National Park

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Situated in Central West Coast, the Westland Tai Poutini National Park is an exquisitely beautiful slice of wilderness. From peaks climbing over 3000 metres high to lowland rainforest at the edge of the Tasman Sea, is a spectacular national park.

For many travellers, the fast-moving Fox and Franz Josef glaciers are the primary reason to visit.

Between the glaciers and the sea, the park is a bird watcher's paradise. Rainforest and large areas of wetland shelter rare species such as the Okarito Brown Kiwi, Southern Crested Grebe (kamana) and White Heron (kotuku).

Westland Tai Poutini National Park
© Westland Tai Poutini National Park

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Facilities: The towns of Fox Glacier and Franz Josef provide a full range of accommodation - from backpacker lodges to luxury hotels. You'll also find a good range of restaurants, cafes and tour companies specialising in guided glacier walks and other forms of adventure.
Special Features: There are more than 60 glaciers in the Westland/Tai Poutini National Park. Two of them - the Fox and the Franz Josef - are the only glaciers in the world to flow down to temperate rainforest.