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Micro stalagtites
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Inside Punakaiki Cavern
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27466-140x210.jpg)
Going deeper
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27467-140x210.jpg)
Incoming spelunkers
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27468-140x210.jpg)
Graffiti
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27469-209x140.jpg)
Crusty lichens at the cavern mouth
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27470-210x140.jpg)
Pancake stacks at Pancake Rocks
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27471-210x140.jpg)
Pancakes all around
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27472-210x140.jpg)
Pancake Rocks Cafe, after deciding to open
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27473-210x58.jpg)
Beach by the hostel
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27474-140x209.jpg)
All zipped up
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27475-209x140.jpg)
Cinched down
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27476-209x140.jpg)
New Zealand doesn't like drones
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27477-140x209.jpg)
Hokitika Gorge
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27478-210x140.jpg)
Super turquoise water
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27479-139x210.jpg)
Tall fern
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27480-210x140.jpg)
Gray skies, blue river
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27481-210x140.jpg)
In front of the swinging bridge
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27482-209x140.jpg)
Out at the edge
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27483-140x209.jpg)
Downriver and the swing bridge
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27484-209x140.jpg)
Checking out the cairn collection
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27485-209x140.jpg)
Trouble
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27486-210x140.jpg)
Westcoast Treetop Walk
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27487-140x209.jpg)
The walkway
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27488-209x140.jpg)
Cruising through the trees
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27489-210x47.jpg)
Forest canopy
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27490-210x140.jpg)
Heading to the tower
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27491-140x209.jpg)
Mushroom capped
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27492-210x140.jpg)
View from the tower
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27493-210x140.jpg)
Lake Mahinapua
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27494-210x140.jpg)
More ancient trees
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27495-209x140.jpg)
The tower to get above all those pesky trees
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27496-140x210.jpg)
On the bouncy cantilevered section
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27497-209x140.jpg)
View of the tower's environment
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27498-209x140.jpg)
Cantilevered section
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27499-209x140.jpg)
Sock World, featuring the Sock Machine Museum
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27500-209x140.jpg)
Hokitika main street
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27501-210x140.jpg)
Settling in at our rental in Franz Josef Village
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27502-210x140.jpg)
Kitchen area
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27503-210x140.jpg)
Glacier Cottage
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27504-140x209.jpg)
Four Square, where fights happen!
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27505-209x140.jpg)
Dinner destination - Alice May Restaurant
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/27506-209x140.jpg)
Lamb shank, finally
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