This place is an absolute must go there place. The day we went it was pouring with rain. There is only a small car park so big vehicles were difficult and the torrential rain made it worse... But it's spectacular...
All my wet weather gear on...
Not very far round the track till the first glimpse of this stunning water and gorge.
The water is an intense blue... Ingredients are rock flour, melted glacier ice, river water. The rock flour is made by grinding down schist and greywacke rock into fine particles. Combine rock flour with a dash of melted ice and minerals from ancient glaciers. Continuously add to river water. The result is a gorgeous milky, turquoise coloured river.
A lot of rain was falling the day we were there but it creates this beautiful bush and very unique 'West Coast'.
The track took us to this lookout then down onto this small beach...
The white spots are rain drops... It was so hard to keep my camera dry... Impossible really.
The Hokitika River is 64km long starting in the Southern Alps. It emerges from this gorge merges with the Whitcombe River and flows into the Tasman Sea just south of Hokitika.
This walk is the top rated walk in Hokitika on Trip Advisor...
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