Walking & hiking
Ōkārito walks
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Ōkārito is a coastal settlement with stunning wetlands to explore.
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Westland walk
Time: 20 minutes.
Skill level: Easy.
From the car park by the Okarito School House this track winds though bush before crossing the estuary on a curving boardwalk.
Three Mile Pack Track – Okarito coastal walk
Time: 3.5 hours.
Skill level: Easy.
Only suitable within 2 hours either side of low tide. Follows coastal forest to climb over Kohuamarua Bluff to Three Mile Lagoon.
Okarito Trig walk
Time: 1.5 hours.
Skill level: Easy
Winds gently uphill on well-graded track to a survey trig for amazing views.
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