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Holidays
With endless coastlines, winding forest trails and charming historic villages, Hurunui is an explorer’s paradise with plenty to surprise and delight all who visit.
Hidden Gems
You are never far away from a hidden gem in Hurunui. Forage for truffles, scour the forests or comb the endless coastlines. There are infinite delights just waiting to be found.
Adventure & Challenge
Stand atop Mt Grey enjoying panoramic views, fish in unique braided rivers or hit forest mountain bike trails. Hurunui’s outdoors are calling.
Escape & Reward
With fresh alpine air, forests and mountains, Hurunui is a natural relaxant. And for those wanting to really unwind there are spa treatments, wineries and indulgence on tap.
The taste of the Hurunui
Delight in one of New Zealand’s award-winning wine regions, linger in a winery restaurants and don’t miss the chance to taste the local fare at the weekend Farmers market in Amberley.
Fun with kids
Explore
Fossick under the forest canopy, comb the coastline for special treasures or experience the high country’s magnificence, it is time to dust off your cobwebs and get exploring.
Touring Routes
Road trips make memories and Hurunui is a motorist’s dream. You’ll whip past limestone outcrops, over patchwork plains, always heading towards rolling green hills on the horizon.
Welcome to Hanmer Springs
With fresh alpine air, mountains and forests, it feels good just being in Hanmer Springs. Everything you need is right here, including famous thermal springs.
North Canterbury Wine Region
A place of pioneers and innovators, the Waipara Valley’s an award-winning wine region. You’ll love the vineyard tastings and the winery restaurants… they’re exceptional.
Hurunui Heartland
Hurunui is filled with heart. Historic homesteads, country pubs and rolling green hills that will have you feeling a world away from your everyday life.
Getting Here & Getting Around
Browse Events
Eventful Hurunui
Plan or Promote an Event
Canterbury & West Coast Regional Events Fund
Alpine Winter Festival
Things To Do
Amplify your adrenalin on a jetboat or bungy cord, soothe your stress with spa treatments or strolls in the forest. Just get here and start making memories.
Action & Adventure
Hurunui is known as one of New Zealand's adventure tourism hubs. With bungy jumping, jetboating, quad biking, four wheel driving and horse riding among the activities on offer, adrenalin junkies will definitely get their fix.
Art & Galleries
Art lovers will find a treasure trove of attractions in the Hurunui with gorgeous galleries and shops dotted about the region.
Family Fun
The Hurunui is a family friendly destination... the perfect place to hang out and simply have fun.
Golf
There are golf courses a plenty in the Hurunui District. You’ll find fairways with mountain backdrops and incredible scenery as well as seaside courses, so pack the clubs and get set to tee off!
Hunting & Fishing
With canada goose, wild boar, deer and chamois, Hurunui is a popular hunting ground. It’s equally awesome for anglers with country lakes, coastlines and rivers ripe for fishing.
Parks & Gardens
With its rolling hills and stunning green landscapes, it will come as no surprise that the Hurunui is also home to some excellent parks and gardens.
Many make an excellent day trip from Christchurch and are well worth making the drive.
Spas & Relaxation
The Hurunui is lucky to have a wide range of day spa operators located across the district.
There's an extensive menu of body treatments available, suitable for all budgets - from a traditional massage to increasingly popular treatments like aromatherapry, reflexology and Thai massage - the list is almost endless.
Ski & Snowboard
Winter sees the Hurunui come alive as one of the playgrounds for snowbunnies in the South Island.
The region has two excellent ski-fields at Hanmer Springs and Mt Lyford.
Tours
The Hurunui is perfect for self drive but you can also join a tour to see behind the scenes.
Walking & Biking
Trails for all ages and all abilities. Tackle mountain tracks with panoramic views from the top or stroll or ride through winding forest trails with delights around many a corner.
Accommodation
Whether you want to make some new friends in a backpackers or indulge in luxury, it’s easy to find the perfect place to stay … what you will find hard is leaving.
Backpackers
The Hurunui has a number of hostels to choose from - cost effective, clean and fun places to stay. You'll always find a hive of activity here.
Bed & Breakfast
From cosy homes with cute bedrooms to large stately manors, we have a lot of 'Bed and Breakfast' accommodation. A great way to experience the legendary Hurunui hospitality.
Holiday Homes
Holiday homes are one of the most popular accommodation choices in the Hurunui - particularly in Hanmer Springs.
A great option for families and groups who want to self cater.
Holiday Parks & Campgrounds
A range of campgrounds are scattered across the Hurunui - they make exceptional, welcoming and cost-effective places to stay. You'll find many have everything you need onhand - bathrooms, kitchens, laundrys...even play equipment for the kids!
Hotels
Hotel accommodation is a popular option for Hurunui holidaymakers - particularly those in Hanmer Springs.
You'll find all the comforts of a home away from home and some luxuries too.
Motels
The Hurunui has a large range of motels across the district. Ideal for everyone - from couples to families or groups, they are very popular option for short term stays in particular.
Farmstays
Experience an authentic part of New Zealand life and stay on a farm! You'll be warmly welcomed and learn a lot.
Freedom Camping
Freedom camping (staying overnight out of campgrounds) is only permitted in some parts of the Hurunui. Please read the Hurunui District Council Freedom Camping Bylaw for further details.
Self Contained
Self contained accommodation includes apartments, Pure Pods and full serviced homes. Consider them your 'home away from home'.
Wedding Venues
Who doesn't want a stunning backdrop for their wedding day? The Hurunui has many to offer...dramatic alpine vistas, rows of grapes in award winning vineyards, rolling green hills, crisp rivers and lush green forests. With a range of venues and activities for your guests to enjoy, your wedding will be an unforgettable event.
Walking & Biking
Please note: That red flags flying in the Hanmer Springs Village centre indicate all tracks are closed because of extreme fire danger.
Address
Hanmer Springs
Photo credit - Pat Barrett
Duration of walk: 2 ½ hours return
How to get there: car park at the end of McIntyre Road
Description of walk:
The winding and moderately steep trail begins at the top of McIntyre Road (accessed off Jollies Pass Road) and heads up the stream edge through dense native forest.
The walk is interesting and varied as it traverses the watershed just above the deep gutter of Dog Stream, (parents with young children need to take care at several places along this track), climbing up wooden stairways in the forest and sidling along small cliff faces to reach the rock face and small basin into which the waterfall plummets.
Take your time at the waterfall face as there is much to photograph, not only the cascade but also the ferns and mosses which grow in profusion at several places alongside the track.
A suggested round trip is to return via the Spur Track and Fir Trail.
Duration of walk: 2-3 hours return (including Waterfall Track)
How to get there: Begin 15 minutes before the Dog Stream Waterfall
Description of walk:
At a marked track junction a little below the Dog Stream Waterfall and near another smaller cascade, the Spur Track climbs up and away from Dog Stream, traverses an open hillside at the bushline (where there are grand views of the Waiau Valley) and then slowly descends through native forest and later exotic plantations to reach the Mt Isobel Road near the Nature/Fir trails.
From here the Fir Trail can be used to link your route back to the Waterfall Track carpark. The Spur Track is a particularly pleasing walk as it encompasses a variety of terrain and vegetation types as well as some excellent views making it a good choice for a return route from the waterfall.
The lower part of the Spur Track has been logged, is quite steep and rough, and requires care to negotiate.
Duration of walk: 2 ½ hours return (to Jacks Pass)
How to get there: At the end of Jacks Pass Road, drive to carpark.
Description of walk:
The Chatterton River Track provides something a little different to the other walks in the Hanmer Forest region in that it is less visited, a little remote, and has an seclusion not easily found along the more popular walks, it can also be used as a link to climb Mt Isobel from Jacks Pass making possible a reasonably demanding day trip for keen walkers.
Beginning on Chatterton Road, about 1.2km north of the Alpine Adventure Camp (there is a gate here that is sometimes locked making it necessary to walk this section as well), the track heads down to the stream which it then follows all the way to the valley head.
Higher up mature stands of mountain beech will be encountered as well as groves of ferns and some relatively steep sections of track as the route makes its way up the south face of Jacks Pass to the broad summit.
At the pass there is a spectacular view here of the Hanmer Range peaks and over into the Clarence Valley. Mt Isobel is tantalisingly close, making a round trip an attractive option, although you will need to walk to lower part of the Clarence Valley Road and Chatterton Road to get back to your car.
Alternatively the Chatterton Loop Track, which the main trails passes not far below the summit of Jacks Pass, can be used to walk back to the carpark via the old stock route heading down from the pass.
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42 Amuri Avenue
Hanmer Springs
New Zealand
Email: info@visithurunui.co.nz
Phone: +64 3 315 0000
Free phone : 0800 442 663 (NZ only)