The West Coast - New Zealand's South Island - page 207

Westport i-SITE ( 03-789 6658; www.coaltown.co.nz ; 123 Palmerston St; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat
& Sun) Information on local tracks, walkways, tours, accommodation and transport. Self-
help terminal for DOC information and hut/track bookings. See also
www.westcoastnz.com .

Getting There & Around

AIR
Air New Zealand (

0800 737 000; www.airnewzealand.co.nz ) has up to three flights per day to/from

Wellington.

BUS
Westport is a stop on the daily Nelson to Fox Glacier runs of InterCity ( 03-365 1113;
www.intercity.co.nz ) . Travel time to Nelson is 3½ hours, to Greymouth 2¼ hours, and to Franz
Josef six hours. Naked Bus ( www.nakedbus.com ) runs the same route three times per week. Buses
leave from the i-SITE.
East West Coaches ( 03-789 6251; www.eastwestcoaches.co.nz ) operates a service through to
Christchurch, via Reefton and the Lewis Pass, every day except Saturday, departing from
the Caltex Petrol Station.
Karamea Express ( 03-782 6757; [e-mail] ) links Westport and Karamea (two
hours) Monday to Friday May to September, plus Saturday from October to April, depart-
ing from the i-SITE.
Trek Express ( 0272 221 872, 0800 128 735; www.trekexpress.co.nz ) passes through Westport on its
frequent high-season tramper transport link between Nelson and the Wangapeka/Heaphy
Tracks.

BICYCLE
Hire bikes and obtain advice from Habitat Sports (

03-788 8002; www.habitatsports.co.nz ; 234 Palmer-

9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat) . ston St; half-day bike hire $35;

CAR
Hire some wheels at Wesport Hire (

03-789 5038; [e-mail] ; 294 Palmerston St) .

TAXI
Buller Taxis ( 03-789 6900) can take you to/from the airport (around $20).

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