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The grandeur of Wairere Boulders.

Wairere Boulders

The Wairere Boulders are located near Horeke, in the Hokianga Harbour in the Far North of Northland, which is a part of the North Island of New Zealand. The valley, now a New Zealand park, is one of the major ecotourism attractions, a prime landmark that has existed since thousands of years, but has never received the attention and recognition it really deserves as an eco tourism venture. It is an awesome and exciting adventure to explore this unique Tourism Attraction. The valley features walkways and tracks and the unique walking possibilities make it an outstanding site of eco-tourism or nature tourism.
The length of the rock amassments on the valley floor is 1 1/4 km. There are thousands of boulders stacked on top of each other, some around 30 m high. They look like a stream of rocks and boulders flowing down towards the Hokianga Harbour.

Moeraki Boulders

On the North Otago coast is the seaside village of Moeraki. The beach north of Moeraki is strewn with huge round boulders that look like giant's bowling balls.

Maori legend tells us that these are food baskets, gourds and eel-traps that fell from the canoe Arai-te-uru that was wrecked on this coast..

Scientists have an equally interesting explanation. They tell us that the boulders were built up as concretions round small cores which hardened into the forms we see today...

Photo by Simon Fearby

Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki

The rocks at Punakaiki look for all the world like stacks of pancakes. At high tide the sea shoots up through blowholes. These are at their best when it's a bit windy.

The interesting rock formations are limestone eroded by the action of the sea. Easy walking track allow you to view the formations and take in the view.

Photo copyright Andrew Whyte Photography, who can supply good quality prints.

 

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