Haast Pass Road Trip & The Blue Pools of Haast - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – BackpackerGuide.NZ
Day 126: Today we are taking one of the most scenic road trips in New Zealand through Haast Pass between Haast and Wanaka! Join us as we check out the Blue Pools of Haast and Thunder Creek Falls on Haast Pass!
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After an epic month travelling the West Coast of New Zealand we are finally leaving the West Coast region through the Haast Pass, which goes through the Southern Alps of the South Island in the Mt Aspiring National Park. It’s also one of the most scenic New Zealand road trips.
We leave Haast on the West Coast and make our way through amazing alpine and forest scenery. The first stop on our list through the Haast Pass is Thunder Creek Falls.
Thunder Creek Falls at Haast Pass is a super short walk to a 25m waterfall tumbling into the river below. It’s one of the more impressive New Zealand waterfalls. We go check it out until something happens to Robin...
Back in the campervan, we continue to our next stop at the Haast Blue Pools. The Blue Pools of Haast is an hour return walk to some super blue and clear glacial waters, as well as ancient podocarp forest. It’s a stunning location and definitely worth the stop in Haast Pass.
So what do you think of Haast Pass? Would you stop at Thunder Creek Falls or the Blue Pools of Haast along the way?
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From one end of the West Coast to the other, devastation abounds.
The sheer scale of the damage becomes clear when looking from the sky: Flooded and sodden houses, tourists trapped between slips, a church knocked off its foundation, roads blocked by landslides and fallen trees – or washed away – dwellings in ruin and crews frantically working to reopen highways.
Stuff was the first media to fly into the cut-off town of Haast, in south Westland, on Friday where hundreds of people – mostly tourists – were stuck without phone coverage, internet or a way to withdraw money.
The clear-up across the Westland, Buller and Grey districts will take at least weeks. More likely, months. It is all due to former tropical cyclone Fehi lashing the region on Thursday, just as king tides arrived. The awful combination spelled sea surges, high winds, flash flooding, power outages and evacuations across the West Coast and Tasman.
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New Zealand West Coast - Franz Joseph Glacier, Haast Pass, Pancake Rocks
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The West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is beyond beautiful. There is a site to see on every turn as we continue our road trip.
In this episode you'll easily spot 27 different waterfalls,
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West Coast New Zealand - Haast World Heritage Area
Take in the natural wonders of Haast, a world heritage site, located in West Coast, New Zealand.
Find out more about Haast on: westcoast.co.nz/west-coast-regions/haast-world-heritage
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The Long Family lives at Gorge River 2 days walk from the nearest road. They are the most isolated family in New Zealand due to their Off The Grid lifestyle.
This video shows what It is like to fly from my house at Gorge River out to Haast, the closest town.
It takes us one to two days to walk 20 minutes to fly!
In this flight my sister Robin joined me as well!
We flew with Scott from Haast Heli Services. If you need any helicopter work in South Westland give them a call or check their website below.
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Head north from Wanaka on Route Six through the breath-taking drive along Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka on to the Haast Pass.
It is great adventure for me, I was driving all the way from Queenstown. Well I Haast Pass have had some landslide incident and the road can always get closed and controlled.
That was exactly that. So what I did was drive all the way to the barrier and sleep the night and then wait for the barrier to open and then I started my trip.
As you would see the drive as the first dawn break at Haast Pass.