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  • Heliventures, [2]. You can take a quick ride in a helicopter to help you accomplish your favorite sport:
    • Hunting & Fishing. Hire one of their guides and fly into some of the most remote areas for the best sporting. Prices vary depending on location, passengers and other needs.
    • Kayaking/Rafting. Take your kayak to the Landsborough or the Waiatoto River for NZ$250 per person. (Minimum 4 people). Rafting trips must be prearranged. It is a three day trip for $1195 per person.
    • Photography. Custom flights for photographers, filmmakers or artists. Pricing from $1300-$1700 per flying hour.
  • Haast River Safari, 64 03 750 0101, 0800 865 382,[3]. Hour and a half trip in the Haast River Valley departing at 9am and 2pm daily. Adult NZ$110, Child (5-12yrs) NZ$50.
  • Waiatoto Jetboat Safari,64 03 750 0780, 0800 538 723. The first and only sea to mountain river safari in the world. Five hour round trip including an opportunity for a short walk. Departing 10am, 1pm, 4pm. Adult NZ$125, Child NZ$75.
  • Round About Haast, Jackson Bay Road, 64 03 750 0890, [4]. Boat and Guided tours to see penguins, dolphins, seals and the wilderness in general.
  • Walking. Various tracks in the area offer an opportunity to experience the wilderness of the area.
    • Dune Lake Walk. An easy 30 minute walk.
    • Hapuka Estuary Walk. An easy 20 minute walk. Starting just across from the Haast Beach Holiday Park, this track offers several diffent environments to explore, including 800 year old Rimu trees. This a beautiful track for bird watching.
    • Ship Creek Tauparikaka Walks. An easy 20 minute walk to see some of the country's tallest trees. The track starts from road to Lake Moeraki.
    • Smoothwater Bay Track. A moderate 2 to 3 hour walk.

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  • Heliventures, [1]. Many different packages are offering, some combining a flight with boat trips. You can take to the air for a variety of different reasons, including:
    • Scenic Flights. See the Mataketake Range, the Lost Valley, Mount Aspiring, Milford Sound, or Mount Cook and the glaciers. Flights range from 20 minutes to 2 hours and pricing is from NZ$170 to NZ$695. Custom tailored flights are available.
  • Thunder Creek Falls. A quick and easy walk from the carpark on State Highway 6 to see an amazing 90 foot (28m) waterfall. Catch this waterfall along with several others as you drive into or away from Haast.

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  • State Highway 6. SH6 runs right through Haast, and more specifically Haast Junction, so access from Franz Josef Glacier, Hokitika, Greymouth in the north is very easy. SH6 oftens offers beautiful vistas of the Tasman Sea and travels through rainforests.

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Use your thumb, your feet or your car because there is no public transportation in this small community.


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  • Cafe Bar, located at the Haast World Heritage Hotel. Open daily. During the summer a buffet dinner starts at 6pm daily.
  • Fantail Cafe, Marks Road, 64 03 750 0055, 0800 681 682. Summer 7:30am-5pm; Winter 8am-3:30pm.
  • McGuires Lodge, State Highway 6, 64 03 750 0020, 0800 624 847, [5].
  • Smithy's Tavern, Marks Road, 64 03 750 0034.
  • The Craypot, Jackson Bay, 64 03 750 0035. Fast food with a view. Open daily 10:30am-7pm.

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