Victoria Conservation Park

New Zealand's largest Conservation Park, Victoria Conservation Park, covers a vast area of 180,000 hectares centred on the Victoria and Brunner Ranges with the Inangahua, Maruia and Grey Rivers threading their way through the landscape as they flow to the coast. Access to the Park is possible from the State Highways that surround and dissect the Park as well as a number of secondary roads.

Diverse and rich beech forest covers most of the landscape with each of the five types present - red, silver, mountain, black and hard. Tuis, bellbird, tomtit and robin abound amongst these forests, along with kea, kaka, red and yellow crowned parakeets. In some places you can hear great spotted kiwi calling at night.

A network of well-maintained tracks, many dating from the mining days of the late 1800s provide access through the Parks fringe and into its remote mountainous heart. These tracks provide a range of walking opportunities from a few hours duration to over night tramping, many of which are suitable for family groups and all ages.