North Island's West Coast Travel Guide

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Fodor's New Zealand
Trade Paperback

The North Island's West Coast encompasses a diversity of landscapes: top surfing beaches; world-renowned limestone caves; and two national parks, one centered on a volcanic mountain, the other on a wilderness river.

North Island's West Coast Hotels

Bed-and-breakfasts are often stylishly converted country homesteads; sometimes they're custom built. Find luxury lodges and a wonderful range of self-catering...read more

Fodor's Choice

North Island's West Coast Restaurants

Throughout western North Island, city restaurants and small, tourist-town cafés alike feature an overall sophistication you might not expect away...read more

Fodor's Choice

Things To Do in North Island's West Coast

Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.

$1298* -- New Zealand 'Spring' Fares from West Coast, R/T Air New Zealand

* Some taxes, fees additional

North Island's West Coast Experiences

Top Reasons to Go to North Island's West Coast

Caving: Waitomo's underground landscape encompasses miles of passageways, streams, limestone formations, fossils, and glowworms. Explore with... Read more
Egmont National Park

The volcanic mountain Taranaki, also known as Mt. Egmont, dominates the landscape, the weather, and the history of the region. New Zealand's... Read more
Whanganui National Park

The Whanganui, New Zealand's longest navigable river, cuts its way through a vast remote wilderness, the single largest tract of lowland forest... Read more
Nga Motu and the Sugar Loaf Islands

About 17,000 seabirds nest in the Nga Motu-Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area. Shearwaters, petrels, terns, penguins, shags, and herons... Read more

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