Hokitika and Pancake Rocks, New Zealand
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. Todays post is all about our journey from Franz Josef Glacier up to Hokitika and then onto Punakaiki. Which is where we visited Pancake Rocks and then back down through Arthur’s Pass.
Hokitika
The day we drove to Hokitika and the day we were there was the worst rain I have ever experienced in my life! The sky was literally chucking buckets of water at us. Luckily we didn’t have to spend too much time outside as our mission when we were in Hokitika was to find Sam a Jade necklace.
Hokitika is famous for its Jade jewellery and there are a lot of shops to choose from! We asked around and went to a smaller local shop as a lot of the big shops don’t actually make the jewellery themselves and/or the Jade actually isn’t from New Zealand. Hunting for the right necklace took us most of the day so we luckily got to avoid the rain. Well looking around the town we also stumbled on a glass studio which was incredible. I actually ended up buying a gift for my Mum there which luckily got home in one piece!
The second day in Hokitika we drove up to Hokitika Gorge pictured opposite, which was a short walk around the gorge. After that we carried on our journey up to Punakaki to see Pancake Rocks. The drive up motorway 6 is incredibly scenic as the road follows along the coast.