Tramping in cave country

April 2014

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April 2014

Dense bush hides cave entrances on the side of the Makirikiri Stream
Hole in the Hill, Charleston, West Coast The West Coast is renowned for its dramatic karst scenery. For me, what really stands out is its limestone arches. In the upper Oparara Basin near Karamea, tannin stained rivers, the colour of tea, wind their way though the dense rain forest and caves. Moria’s Gate, Honeycomb and […]
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