Stay a few days and experience the action adventure and scenic wonders of the West Coast of the South Island. One of the world's great rail journeys, the TranzAlpine travels between Greymouth and Christchurch daily.
This four-day cycling adventure reveals outstanding landscapes of dense rainforest, glacial rivers, lakes and wetlands, with views all the way from the snow-capped mountains of the Southern Alps to the wild Tasman Sea.
In January 1848 on a visit to Greymouth, Thomas Brunner journeyed up the river which he later named the Grey River to honour the then Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey. In 1868 the town took the name Greymouth from its situation at the mouth of the Grey River.