Punakaiki Blow Holes & Pancake Rocks Scenic Tour

Overview

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3 hours

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Tour with our local knowledgeable guides to one of the World's Top 10 Coastal Scenic drives and visit the famous Punakaiki Blow Holes and Pancake Rocks. One of the regions key icons and a must do when visiting the South Island.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

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What To Expect

Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk

Punakaiki, the World famous Coast road is rated one of the top 10 Coastal drives in the World. Home to the Pancake Rocks, where the sea, wind and massive geological change have shaped the landscape creating fascinating stacked limestone rocks that the sea has eroded creating blowholes. Leaving from the central West Coast you will travel via the Great Coast Road, which is rated as one of the top 10 coastal drives in the World. With some of the best scenery on offer you will need a camera on hand to capture the views. This 45 minute drive will take you to the small coastal township of Punakaiki where you will get to view the famous blow holes and pancake rock natural formations. Your guide will give you time to explore the area and local shops before checking out the cavern near by or the Truman Track, a short walk to a coastal view point. The blow holes and pancake rocks is one of New Zealand’s must do activities and one not to be missed. Your tour guide will bring you back to your accommodation or the central business district. Pick up from Greymouth i-SITE Visitor Centre - Railway Station or central accommodation establishments.

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Punakaiki Blow Holes & Pancake Rocks Scenic Tour

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Reviews

4.93

55 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Spectacularly beautiful and free!
Marcel v,
Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Very nice and beautiful walk along wild sea. The circular walk takes about 30 minutes. It is free and ample parking. During the walk you will pass mighty vistas, wild sea and perhaps a dolphin. Also the special pancake rocks are worth Definitely recommended. Punakaki is in the middle of nowhere. A trip here takes hours. We passed it during our tour and we are glad we stopped here.
Linda's passion for the land made our trip truly magical!
Linda F,
Oct 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
This was a Highlight of our New Zealand experience! Linda picked us up at the Train station after the Trans Alpine ride and we were driven to the Pancake rocks. Anyone can do that but NO ONE shares her love of the land, people, flora and rocks like Linda! We fell in love with drizzling, Greymouth! Loved the pancake rocks- so unique that they will be in our Christmas card - and then she took us for "tea" at a local hotel - overlooking the ocean! Linda brought our experience alive for us! Thank you Linda for sharing your passion!
Super tour experience!
mvzachar,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
A friendly and knowledgable tour guide helped us to appreciate this wonderful landscape! This tour is well worth the money.
Our guide was amazing!...
jody M,
Sep 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Our guide was amazing! she was very informative and gave us lots of information about the area. The rock formation was amazing to see.
Well worth a walk
Pauapatty,
Sep 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We have done this walk before, many years ago. More commercialized area now but still no cost to do the walkway, and is well fenced, pathways are well maintained. Never fails to amaze, the views are spectacular.
Great tour and tour company!
TX4Traveling,
Jun 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
What an amazing tour of an incredible place! Explore West Coast Tour and especially Linda for the wonderful tour today took excellent care of us, showing us beautiful scenery in Greymouth and on the way to Pancake Rocks. Linda fabulous and so knowledgeable of history and the local animals and plants - we learned a lot and had fun doing it. The van is comfortable and the half day tour is well planned and even better than the description. The tea stop was a fantastic treat to cap our terrific afternoon with Linda. I will use this company anytime I can and I strongly recommend them - Linda too.
The power of the sea
HeatherOfern,
May 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Absolutely loved this experience. We visited in low and high tide and the difference was breathtaking. I have always loved the sea and this was a wonderful way to experience it: the walk is mostly level with some staircases and every corner provides a different view of the rock pools or blow holes. Magical.
Again we had a wonderful...
Surendhren M,
May 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Again we had a wonderful experience and great place to visit. Our guide Linda was wonderful and very informative about each and every place. We had an amazing time
Exceeded Expectations
FlorenceGee,
Apr 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Our friendly, knowledgable and informative Guide Linda adapted our tour on the day, to meet our interests. This included, among others, the "Paparoa Experience" within the Punangairi Visitor Centre, that provided an enlightening historical cultural context to our tour experience. While the Pancake Rocks were amazing, we enjoyed Linda's drawing our attention to other places, people, flora and fauna, eg the Nikau Palm grove. Thank you, a wonderful day.
Awesome trip
May-Phua,
Apr 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We enjoyed ourselves with our amazing driver guide - Ms Linda van schreven. This is one of the best day trip - good value for money. Linda prepare for us a poncho n towels and umbrella n nice chocolate. As it also includes a lovely afternoon tea .