Karamea

Karamea is a small town near the northern end of the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Karamea and its local area are completely surrounded to the south, east and north by Kahurangi National Park.

Understand
Karamea has a population of 360 in 2018 The town was first settled in 1874.

By car
Karamea is 96 km north of Westport, near the end of the road north.

By bus

 * Karamea Express run a minibus from Westport.
 * Karamea Connections provide on-demand shuttles to and from walking tracks.

By plane

 * Golden Bay Air flies scheduled and on-demand flights from Nelson and Takaka, and on-demand flights from Wellington.

Do

 * Kahurangi National Park the second largest of New Zealand's 13 national parks.

Go next

 * Westport - a cute town with a cuter seal colony at Carter's Beach
 * Punakaiki - the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
 * Greymouth - the largest town in the West Coast region