The Star: December 08, 2016

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GETAWAY TO THE WESTCOAST
The Beachfront
Hotel Hokitika
The stunning Beachfront Hotel
Hokitika is located in central Hokitika
on New Zealand’s West Coast and offers
a wide range of quality accommodation,
full dining and event facilities.
The accommodation comprises five
different categories of rooms - from fully
refurbished comfortable street-front
Driftwood Superior rooms to modern,
luxury and spacious Oceanview rooms
with an uninterrupted view of the beach,
to the two or three bedroom Oceanview
Suites or The Magnificent Penthouse.
The newly refurbished Oceanview
Restaurant and Bar with its sleek and
contemporary design offers an elevated
dining experience overlooking the
Tasman Sea, event facilities for weddings,
conferences, meetings and parties and
the Coaster’s Bar for a tap
beer with locals, are all
available. The bike storage
shed is ideal for those who
are here to experience
the fantastic West Coast
Wilderness Cycle Trail.
The hotel also offers;
free unlimited WiFi, free
parking, room service and
laundry service. There is
also a Bottle Store on site.
The hotel is only a stone’s throw away
from a stunning West Coast beach, and
is close to the town’s cafes, shops and
charming craft galleries featuring items of
jade, wood, gold, ruby rock and precious
metals.
Hokitika is centrally located, making
it easy to travel to the main West Coast
attractions such as the Punakaiki Pancake
Rocks, Shantytown, Franz Josef Glacier
and Fox Glacier, as well as numerous
rainforest walks and gold mining history.
Book your stay at Beachfront Hotel
111 Revell Street, Hokitika and
experience the best of the South’s
Island’s West Coast. For further
information visit www.beachfronthotel.
co.nz Phone 03 755 8344 or free phone
0800 400 344.
East to West - the
unforgettable journey
The TranzAlpine scenic train journeys between Christchurch and
Greymouth, crosses from one coast of the South Island to the other.
Spring is your cue to start planning
a break to the West Coast on the world
famous rail trip to Greymouth. Cross the
sprawling Canterbury Plains and enjoy
picturesque vistas as you travel the granite
ravines of the ice-fed Waimakariri River.
Traverse the mighty Southern Alps where
spectacular views of the chiselled alpine
landscape with take your breath away at
every turn.
After stopping at Arthur’s Pass, the
terrain changes as you emerge from
the 8.5km long Otira Tunnel. With a
steep gradient of 1 in 33, it remains one
of New Zealand’s finest engineering
feats. Descending through a subtropical
rainforest and past the glistening waters
of Lake Brunner, you continue on to
Greymouth. As the heart of the West
Coast, it is a great base for exploring the
region’s famous glaciers, wild rivers and
stunning Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki.
You will enjoy all this from the comfort
of new world-class carriages featuring
huge panoramic sky-view windows, an
onboard licensed café with a range of
delicious kiwi flavours and comprehensive
GPS triggered at-seat audio commentary.
For a breath of fresh spring air, step onto
the open air viewing carriage where
nothing gets between your camera and
the stunning scenery.
The TranzAlpine runs a daily return
service between Christchurch and
Greymouth throughout the year. Book
your unforgettable TranzAlpine journey
today and experience the beauty of the
Southern Alps.
For further information visit
www.kiwirailscenic.co.nz