The West Coast - New Zealand - page 811

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, de-
parting 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, departing 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 Palmerston St; half-day bike hire $35;

9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm

Sat) .

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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