Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
Reviews
Richard Clapton
Ranking: 9/10
Pretty amazing formations and really interesting information on theories along the short walk. Apparently best to go during high tide but not possible for us.
Also you can see seals further back down the coast at the seal colony which was really cool.
Mike Fricker
Ranking: 10/10
17Oct18. What is there to say that has not already been said. Came here in 2006 and 2014 and will do again.
Melinda Pyke
Ranking: 10/10
Not to be missed. Hardly anyone there, arrived on high tide. What an experience. Great facilities provided by DOC.
Katrina
Ranking: 7/10
The walk is easy, with good viewpoints over fantastic geology. We shared the experience with a crowd of people with differing ideas about personal space and acceptable behaviour. Go early morning to avoid the tourist hordes and both the walk and your photos will rate 9-10/10. It's still worth a brief stop even when it is crowded.
Hannibal Winther
Ranking: 9/10
Easy walk. It did not disappoint at all! We even saw the blowholes!
Shan
Ranking: 9/10
Good amenities to see these wonders of nature. Easy to do with young children.
Jan Christoph
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice view and lots of spraying water!
Romy de Boer
Ranking: 9/10
Interesting!
Jocelyn Booy
Ranking: 10/10
Make sure you stop here. Although there were several tours and busses, do not let that stop you. Free/amazing rock formations, great walkway.
Myriam Ackermann
Ranking: 9/10
Surprising view, impressive, a lot of people.
Kevin Schlaarz
Ranking: 10/10
The way to the Pancake Rocks was very beautiful. There are lots of rocks to see and they are all different. It is a short walk, about 20 minutes with many lookouts.
Cornelia Timm
Ranking: 9/10
Very impressive, very beautiful.
Marjolen Klomphaler
Ranking: 8/10
Very well maintained, good views of the rocks, nice and clear information about the creation of the rocks and the wildlife there.
Leif Marienlund
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful scenery.
Danielle
Ranking: 9/10
The Pancake Rocks are awesome!! I doubted sometimes that this could be made by nature. It is overwhelming.
Emma Millett
Ranking: 8/10
Good track and views, busy carpark.
Michelle Ryan
Ranking: 7/10
Undoubtedly spectacular, but slightly marred by over interference in the natural landscape. Well worth a look for their weird beauty, but expect to share the experience with many others, and to look from a removed distance.
Fredrik Lundberg
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful place, definitely worth a stop. Amazing what the sea can create!
Y Atkinson
Ranking: 10/10
At first we did not think much when entering the first part but after, wow, views, beautiful, every corner a different experience. Being low tide we missed out on the water bursts.
Manu Liberta
Ranking: 10/10
Extraordinary pancake rocks and forest walk.
Marc Sanivan
Ranking: 8/10
Nice and east walk along the road. Amazing West Coast.
Filipe Santos
Ranking: 7/10
Very helpful lady at the visitor centre. Nice place to visit but the weather did not help the experience.
Diego Casanova
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful, easy and short walk in a very well defined path to get to these very special rock formations with nice sunset view.
Hazel Norman
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent information walk around the rocks. Well maintained tracks.
Lea Celerier
Ranking: 10/10
My advice: arrive there before sunset! You can enjoy these wonderful sky colours! And the big holes blowing the sea water up to the sky!
Bobbie Jones
Ranking: 8/10
Classic rugged New Zealand coastline. Beautiful rock formations. Only a quick 20 minute loop track around but just breathtaking prehistoric scenery surrounding you.
Xavier
Ranking: 8/10
Nice rock sculptures.
Ross D
Ranking: 10/10
It is free - thanks DOC!
Viki Kent
Ranking: 10/10
Really easy to find. Toilets and parking close by. So interesting to see how the rocks have been eroded and how powerful the water is. We went at sunset so got some amazing pictures.
victor diego
Ranking: 9/10
Good access and short walk. Magnificent sunset and blowhole. Amazing!
Kirsty Smith
Ranking: 10/10
This place is a tourist/tour bus mecca, but it does not even matter 'cause it is awesome. The rocks here are stunning (nature is awesome), but if your time your visit with high tide you are in for a treat. The blowhole is worth waiting for the big sets to come in, but my favourite was the surge pool.
Pedro Cordeiru
Ranking: 9/10
Very entertaining and free short walk. Impressive scenery, better to go with big surf and more important, high tide.
Timothy Delaney
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful simple walk with excitement at every turn. Handicap friendly for most of the walk. Fun for all ages.
Ramon Corbett
Ranking: 8/10
Very interesting rock formations, also really cool area to see the raw power of the sea crashing against the cliffs. Unfortunately, did not time it well to see the blowholes.
Cyril
Ranking: 8/10
Unique place and shapes! Easy access and good information site to catch all New Zealand information. When a lot of swells and waves, blowholes work at full regime!!
Caroline Coudray
Ranking: 10/10
Great walk, very surprising and impressive. Beautiful landscape and vegetation.
Sherrie Fox
Ranking: 7/10
Rocks and blowholes are fascinating. The loop track is very pleasant although we did a there and back walk rather that 2km on the road.
Luke
Ranking: 8/10
Amazed by the rock formations. Very busy and crowded track.
Maarten
Ranking: 6/10
Short walk from the carpark. The rocks and blowhole are okay, but crowded.
Pierre Landenne
Ranking: 10/10
A lot of 10/10 but so worthy. Pancake Rocks is that kind of spot, where you think you will spend 5 or 10 minutes..... more like 1 hour, as the views are all superb!! Amazing place!!
Jannika Cao
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing what nature can do. The chimney was kind of funny and the way the limestone were layered was unbelievable.
Susanne
Ranking: 8/10
Stunning natural wonder, well maintained and a lot of information about it provided around the walk.
Anthony Terry
Ranking: 9/10
What can I say but WOW! Truly fascinating display of nature.
Matthus Groem
Ranking: 7/10
Good maintained, but quite small and gets crowded fast when busses arrive.
Nicole Joersen
Ranking: 9/10
Very well constructed walk. Beautiful lookouts. Just a bit crowded but this place is not so bad to share with so many lookouts. Go at high tide for blowholes though!
Nico Neubauer
Ranking: 7/10
It does not look like pancakes! But it was a very comfortable walk along the coastline.
Lærke Hagelskjær
Ranking: 10/10
Nice short walk and very beautiful. The rocks are fascinating, never seen anything like this! One of the highlights of our trip around New Zealand!
Bob Treitman
Ranking: 9/10
Fascinating geologic information. Tide was going out so blowhole action was limited. But enjoyed the walk and views.
Joanne Woo
Ranking: 10/10
Went in the morning when there were not too many other visitors. Lovely place with awesome views of the rocks. Great signage along the way explaining the theories behind the rock formations. Blowholes were spectacular to watch too!
Yee How
Ranking: 9/10
One of the most interesting highlights of our New Zealand trip and worthy of being an 8th wonder of the world.
Olde Vogel
Ranking: 7/10
Nice pancakes, beautiful cave, outstanding!
Anouk Goemans
Ranking: 8/10
Not really a long walk, but really worth it because the 'pancake rocks' are truly special and beautiful. Especially good with high tide and sunny weather, because you can see little 'rainbows' in the splashing water/waves
Alicia Speisekorn-Gil
Ranking: 9/10
Are a rock formation in the Paparoa National Park. They look like split pancakes and offer a great photo opportunity.
Lieke vol Velde
Ranking: 7/10
A lot of rocks, I thought it was one rock. Great little walk, good view at the beach.
Patrick
Ranking: 9/10
Great!
Theresa Slaghekke
Ranking: 9/10
Nice view with lots of information, shop, cafe. For free and a beautiful spot.
Jorg Muller
Ranking: 6/10
Just a few rocks in the water, it is nice but just rocks and too many people.
Kirsten Helsgaun
Ranking: 9/10
It is a quick stop but a beautiful one. The drive along the West Coast is especially beautiful.
Alvaro Rodriguez
Ranking: 8/10
20 minutes walk where you can see rocks that look like pancakes. It is strange and beautiful at the same time. Easy with a baby stroller.
Constantin Goldberg
Ranking: 5/10
Just a tourist stop. Have expected much more. But it is a nice view.
Jeff Barth
Ranking: 8/10
Very cool, worth the 5 minute walk. Went twice at low tide and high tide. Did not see much difference in the blowholes.
Rebecca Grant
Ranking: 9/10
So cool, I have never seen rocks like this. They are layered very interestingly/mysteriously. The ocean views are beautiful. A great excursion.
Jean-Pierre Guillon
Ranking: 10/10
Impressive to see the effect of the ocean on the rocks and the beauty and maintenance of the site. Better at high tide.
Matthiew Rey
Ranking: 5/10
Very touristic attraction, nothing really amazing to see. Two minutes from the main road so you can go easily.
Jeremy Billy
Ranking: 9/10
Impressive display of mother natures work, easy access to get there. Make sure you get there early in the day for high tide. Only inconvenient as it is very, very touristic.
Wolfgang Ellenrieder
Ranking: 9/10
Recommended during high tide when big waves are crashing against the cliffs. When water pushes through blowholes, you can see big fountains. Very funny, people were getting wet. Rocks are formed like piled pancakes.
Jael Disanto
Ranking: 10/10
Easy walk, great track, well maintained and sealed. Awesome view!
Navina
Ranking: 9/10
Well kept and many viewpoints!
Stefanie Giese
Ranking: 7/10
Nice walk. We would definitely recommend a quick stop here.
Brandon Patton
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome at hightide which made for great slow-mo footage.
Wirth Pascal
Ranking: 4/10
The rocks are impressive. Way too many people. If you have to search for a carpark drive through to the Coast Road.
Ian Hortop
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing!
Audrey and Max
Ranking: 9/10
Very nicely concealed pathway. Easy to walk on and good views.
Paul and Astrid
Ranking: 9/10
Easy 10 minute walk. Come at high tide if you can to see it at its most spectacular.
Lothen
Ranking: 10/10
Weird and amazing.
Kathi
Ranking: 10/10
Short walk with a great view of the ocean and the interesting rock formations, due to the high tide the blowhole worked well!
Steve Barnwell
Ranking: 8/10
A very well signposted and constructed walk around the cliff at Pancake Rocks made for a refreshing stop on our drive up the west coast. Very worthwhile.
Gae Saevane
Ranking: 7/10
We really enjoyed our little break at Pancake Rocks with the information boards and well laid out track.
Stephan Ophelders
Ranking: 7/10
Great to see but very crowded, so go early.
Rieke
Ranking: 10/10
Stunning and just amazing! I can't really describe it, but the rocks will impress you.
Clotilde Graziani
Ranking: 8/10
Fantastic!
Falko
Ranking: 9/10
During high tide this place is a great experience. The blow holes are amazing and impressive. The wave-driven natural fountains can be so high that you should expect to get wet. At this time it was a bit crowded.
Karina Therkildsen
Ranking: 10/10
Good walk!
Helena
Ranking: 6/10
The rocks are nice but it was very crowded. Also we missed high tide (it was at 8.30am in the beginning of March). This might have been a nice extra to the sight.
Pernilla Therkildsen
Ranking: 10/10
Good little walk.
Sandra
Ranking: 9/10
Gorgeous! Especially spectacular when there are high seas!
Gesa
Ranking: 5/10
Kind of boring and waaaay too touristy. Been there during high tide, you will walk on a perfectly made walking track (which does not fit in with the landscape at all).
Chris
Ranking: 8/10
Awesome location with amazing sound. You never hear that sound before. Close by is a restaurant - eat the pancakes.
S Black
Ranking: 10/10
Very informative and interesting. We went twice as the first time was at low tide, so we went the next day at high tide. This is free and we loved it. The walk was easy enough for a 3 year old and she loved it, especially as we cooked up pancakes afterwards.
Felicity Fay
Ranking: 9/10
Seal colony, caves walk (lights required), DOC information centre, very informative, great coffee and service, fantastic views, easy walk.
Dylan Scott
Ranking: 7/10
Beautiful scenery, rock formation like no other I have ever seen before. (Good luck getting a carpark.)
Ronja and Lena
Ranking: 10/10
Very cool and beautiful.
Kelsey Austin
Ranking: 7/10
Well worth the stop! Just a super neat natural wonder and very easily accessible along the West Coast.
Martin Bakker
Ranking: 9/10
Really special view and phenomenon,Beautifully managed by DOC.
Stephan
Ranking: 9/10
Short walk but really nice.
Matthew Hallowell
Ranking: 9/10
Nice spot! Worth a stop for sure.
Judy Rafferty
Ranking: 10/10
Well serviced, well maintained and signed tracks.
Finn and Melanie Lorbeer
Ranking: 10/10
Short walks, crowded but still worth it at high tide.
Jennifer Lerchbacher
Ranking: 9/10
Made beautifully with its walkway and lookouts.
David McIntosh
Ranking: 7/10
Interesting and beautiful views.
Ahmed Mohsen Aly
Ranking: 7/10
Interesting rock formation. Very crowded even though it was October.
Dianne van der Wal
Ranking: 8/10
Extreme wind and hail in April. Walk was a bit touristic but still worth it, beautiful rocks!!
Andy Jobst
Ranking: 10/10
Brilliant spot, we could have stayed there for hours to watch them.
Ken
Ranking: 8/10
Fascinating rock formation, easily walking loop - 20 minute total. We did not see the water rising out of the blowhole though - wait for high tide and high swells.
Sofie Jebsen
Ranking: 10/10
What a spectacular sight! Nature is wild.
Svenja Trubenbach
Ranking: 9/10
Too touristic, but definitely worth a visit, spectacular.
Laure Cops
Ranking: 8/10
Nice track, beautiful.
Stefan Glock
Ranking: 9/10
Visit is worth the effort, particularly splattering water.
Jurgen Moors
Ranking: 5/10
Way too many people, very touristic.
Manuela Opprecht
Ranking: 10/10
Nice walk to see the pancakes. Must do! when you are at the West Coast.
Nikolas Gut
Ranking: 10/10
Was great at high tide, we also saw dolphins.
Jonas Hessel
Ranking: 10/10
One of the most beautiful areas in New Zealand. Nice views and lots of walks.
Helene Andersen
Ranking: 10/10
A good walk to see the pancakes! It is amazing what nature can do. And even better that it did not cost anything.
Charlotte Casey
Ranking: 6/10
Nice views.
Anna Grafenstein
Ranking: 7/10
OK, not so great, many people.
Andrea Sole
Ranking: 6/10
It is not difficult to arrive so it does not have to take too much time to have a good view of the 'pancakes'. Easy and on the way (next to the road).
Manuel Bleiker
Ranking: 10/10
Very impressive.
Robert Erni
Ranking: 10/10
Definitely worth a stop! Very impressive rock formations.
Patricia Erni
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice view over the rocks and coast for free.
Marie Toulemonde
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful landscape! Easy track!
Mark
Ranking: 9/10
Unexpected nice spot to visit. Paths well organised.
Vanessa
Ranking: 7/10
Awesome view especially when it is windy (waves), a bit touristic with all the shops.
Tomas Shairi
Ranking: 8/10
Beautiful and lovely, great i-Site too.
techno69
Ranking: 9/10
Great place to visit and free! Note, wheelchair access only partway around due to steps cut into the rock.
Oliver Blackmore
Ranking: 9/10
Easy 30 minute round trip, get there on high tide for amazing blowholes. Get the camera ready!!
Moley
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing place! Stunning rock formations and the blowholes were super cool. Definitely recommend stopping here for the short walk!
Viola
Ranking: 8/10
Awesome place, never seen such interesting rocks before, could spend half a day there.
Bjoern
Ranking: 10/10
Must see at high tide.
Andrea Hiemer
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice!
Marius Hoffmann
Ranking: 9/10
Amazing because weather was stormy.
Marion Busch
Ranking: 9/10
Very easy walk to such an interesting experience.
Manuela Michelbach
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing rocks.
Glyn and Karen Farlow
Ranking: 10/10
Well laid out and organised, great experience.
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Xavier
Ranking: 9/10
Probably one of the most impressive natural phenomena in the South Island. Feel the power of Neptune but make sure you come at high tide.
Ene Pold
Ranking: 10/10
Lovely walk, well signposted. There is information panels along the way.
Colin Billington
Ranking: 10/10
Great facilities, well presented and maintained.
Libby
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful coastline.
Sybille Willenbrock
Ranking: 10/10
Walk to the cliffs with different spectacular view of the pancake rocks and watching white water, sun and shells can be fun.
Luca Maria Willensrock
Ranking: 7/10
Well made track, nice views, short!
Alex Sheldon
Ranking: 8/10
Very interesting rock formations.
Charlotte
Ranking: 8/10
Beautiful nature, nice i-Site.
Richard
Ranking: 9/10
An enjoyable stop on a drive up the west coast.
Good walk, good view, good info boards.
Highly recommended.
Julien Joubert-Gaillard
Ranking: 8/10
Very impressive and beautiful to follow the little track.
Claudia Hillebrand
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful views and walk. The walkway has been beautifully integrated with explanations along the way, making this one of our favourite stops!
Julian Kuemme
Ranking: 9/10
Tourist place but a very unique natural experience. Be sure to be there when the tide is coming in - otherwise you miss the blowholes!
Jacques Revel
Ranking: 9/10
Very beautiful views of Pancakes and of the coast.
Cameron Tarbotton
Ranking: 6/10
Interesting rock formations, a little too developed for my tastes. Hard to enjoy with the crowds.
Lisbeth Sorum
Ranking: 7/10
Imperssive rock formations and cliffsides but because of the obvious set up for tourist access, I cannot make myself enjoy those kind of sceneries as much as 'untouched' nature.
Helen Dean
Ranking: 8/10
Views and settings are well worth the stop.
Marla Fogh
Ranking: 7/10
Though it rained, it was a great short track, where the rocks were a thing worth seeing.
Trine Ellegaard
Ranking: 7/10
Beautiful rocks.
Mirjam Betschart
Ranking: 10/10
Go there at high tide.
Hubertus Thost
Ranking: 10/10
Very nice place, good view over the rocks, good sound of the water.
Julie Robinson
Ranking: 4/10
Cool, but could have skipped it.
Sarah Christman
Ranking: 9/10
Really unique rock formations scattered in the sea. Easy walk to view them.
Austin Johns
Ranking: 9/10
Really awesome sight and local art gallery, the rocks are gorgeous and so amazing to see.
Lena Wacker
Ranking: 8/10
20 minutes return, good way to these special rocks, many explanations, blowholes just watchable when high tide is and a wild sea.
Marine
Ranking: 10/10
Unbelievable place, free to visit.
Maya Bakker-deDreu
Ranking: 9/10
Parking and toilets!!
Bex Hyland
Ranking: 10/10
A must stop, fantastic rock formations, lots to see. If you get there at high tidy or windy conditions then you see the sea coming up the blow holes - brilliant!!
Ann-Kathrin Wacker
Ranking: 9/10
The weather was really rainy and stormy. And even at high tide we could not see the blow holes.
Laura Metz
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome.
Alexander Zimmer
Ranking: 9/10
Great views and geology.
Michele
Ranking: 10/10
Totally worth seeing, v easy walking - even most of it can be done by a wheel chair. Spectacular scenery, this is a must do!
Stuart Wilson
Ranking: 10/10
We have been four times because we love it so much. Facilities and information perfect.
Angela Neville
Ranking: 10/10
Wonderfully formed walkway, accessible for all.
Stina Hultberg
Ranking: 10/10
Really cool. One day it will be eaten by sun, rain and ocean so go there!
Elizabeth
Ranking: 7/10
Just fine.
Emeline Dupre
Ranking: 10/10
So beautiful.
Uta Dingebauer
Ranking: 9/10
The weather was really bad on the day, but they were really nice.
Ina Daubenbuechel
Ranking: 10/10
Bad weather, rocks are really impressive.
Richard van den Bosch
Ranking: 6/10
Very nice.
Kim Maertens
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful small walk to see the "Pancake Rocks" and the blowholes.
Pioter Jurkowski
Ranking: 10/10
Short walk to incredible rock formation. Worth a stop!
Jesse Farrell
Ranking: 8/10
Interesting rock formations. Cool to see the power of the ocean swells up close.
Ariadna & Omer
Ranking: 6/10
It's a very touristic place, not worth the importance given to it... Anyway, it's just a 20 minutes walk so if you are on the way why not to stop!
Steve Warren
Ranking: 9/10
A weird place. So this is where Bilbo Bagins,Frodo and his mates go on holidays. Absolutely amazing place, and free.
Azteca
Ranking: 10/10
Pancake Rocks is an incredible stop, amazing rock formations and dramatic coastlines with powerful tidal surges. It is well laid out for visitors and an easy yet breathtaking walk. High tide offers best viewing.
hendrik king
Ranking: 9/10
Another great free place to visit, well done!!!
Christian Schumacher
Ranking: 10/10
Very interesting rock formations, informative displays and for free!!
Elizabeth Stenhouse
Ranking: 6/10
Very busy and had to jostle for a view. Blow hole would have been best at high tide. Pancake Rocks ok.
Lorna and Seb
Ranking: 10/10
A must to go and see some unusual rock formation and fantastic views over them in sunshine and stormy weather.
Anja S
Ranking: 9/10
20 min walk to see the pancake rocks and the blowholes - really worth it!
Stientje van den Heuvel
Ranking: 8/10
Nice walking platform and viewpoints, good information.
Pete Wilson
Ranking: 9/10
Amazing and free.
Jiri van Straelper
Ranking: 9/10
Nice, very big, organised.
Roger Hawkins
Ranking: 9/10
Well formed paths and interesting layout. Spectacular views of wave action onto weathered dolomite tunnels and blowholes.
Fernando Martin
Ranking: 8/10
Many people would simply drive by, but it is worth a visit. Very nice place even during low tides when it is less spectacular.
Stefan AuRich
Ranking: 8/10
Nice track beside the sea, well kept, maybe a bit too many tourists.
Marcel
Ranking: 9/10
Really cool stone formations and nice surroundings.
Wendy Hawkins
Ranking: 8/10
Well maintained track. Twenty minute walk past the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes, Suggest to go there at high tide so get full impact of blowholes.
Luise Fuchs
Ranking: 10/10
Absolutely amazing, nice walkway for free.
Lea Scheuvens
Ranking: 9/10
Great view and spectacular water show by nature. Huge waves crashing the rocks and lovely landscape. Easy walk and clean facilities.
Loesje
Ranking: 8/10
Beautiful and impressive! Nice, short walk, great views!
Willem de Jong
Ranking: 10/10
Nice rocks to see without paying for it.
Wendy Ward
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent (big improvement from last visit in 1975).
Sebastian and Peter Beate
Ranking: 10/10
For free and just beautiful.
John and Chris Creese
Ranking: 10/10
Wonderful views.
Enna Keet
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing that it is free to visit this spot. Nice walk and beautiful coastline (because a lot of these kinds of things are commercialised here).
Hanneke P
Ranking: 9/10
beautiful!
Dio
Ranking: 8/10
Very nice track.
Jan
Ranking: 9/10
Very nice stones.
Liam Day
Ranking: 9/10
Beautifully scenic. Excellent man made walkway. Very easy walk.
M Booty
Ranking: 10/10
Nicely designed walkway along the cliff top parth - informative signs.
Frans Derks
Ranking: 8/10
As yet free and nice park.
Lydia Holleman
Ranking: 8/10
Surprised it was donation based.
Abby Rushmer
Ranking: 8/10
Well set out and nice walkway with a good amount of information.
John
Ranking: 10/10
Fantastic. Everyone has to see the Pancake Rocks. You must see it!
Annie
Ranking: 10/10
Fantastic - a must do for any age, ability etc. Great access. Fabulous views.
Oliver Kalmbach
Ranking: 9/10
Many seals swimming in the Tasman Sea.
Innes Martin
Ranking: 6/10
Nice loop walk, good information signs and tasy icecream. Too busy!!
Alex Laidlaw
Ranking: 10/10
Well constructed facility.
Steve and Therese Dunne
Ranking: 8/10
Well marked out with clean information.
ORfam
Ranking: 8/10
Yes, it can be busy but no more so than lots of places. Interesting rock formations and blow holes. Take your time and enjoy the waves crashing and scenery.
Tinne Cis
Ranking: 6/10
Rocks and blowholes okay. But lots of people, everyone on the same path, taking the same pictures of the same place.
Daniel Patricia
Ranking: 9/10
Free access to the walkway and the viewing platforms.
Sally Gordie
Ranking: 10/10
Pancake Rocks are very well presented and maintained.
J Jmal
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful park/walkway along the coastline. Fantastic views of Pancake Rocks.
Stephanie Spurr
Ranking: 8/10
Awesome.
M Robinson
Ranking: 10/10
Interesting and informative walk around the Pancake Rocks, if timed with high tide excellent blowholes display.
Evelyn Mackie
Ranking: 10/10
Awesome!!
Green UK
Ranking: 9/10
Beautifully done walkway.
Stuart Arrol
Ranking: 10/10
A most fascinating natural feature that has been well presented by DOC.
Roy Barton
Ranking: 9/10
Fascinating geological formations, well laid out, easy access. Good in all weather, at its best high tide/rough weather,
Matthias Angela
Ranking: 9/10
Great view, very interesting short walk.
Travelgirl1274
Ranking: 10/10
Truly a stunning place. Just 35 minutes up the Great Coast Road from Greymouth. It is worth doing the Truman track as well
Stam
Ranking: 8/10
The Catlins. Beautiful waterfalls!!!
Lucy Duffy
Ranking: 10/10
Another impressive experience.
Fritschi
Ranking: 10/10
Impressive waves and very good walking way.
Howell Davies
Ranking: 9/10
A lovely little walk from the road to the sea (20min round trip advertised but could be 10 minutes longer). Rating is based on value!
Beat Kindler
Ranking: 9/10
Well prepared track with several lookout points.
Sabine & Stefan
Ranking: 10/10
Absolutely go there.
Simon Fry
Ranking: 7/10
Nice route with good views. Could have done with more information explaining the best time to see the blow hole was.
Tadej Ferjan
Ranking: 9/10
Short walk among the cliffs.
Steve Goodyear
Ranking: 8/10
Good parking for campervans and easy access, with well maintained walkways and gardens. Lovely views. Well signed. But visitor centre toilets need cleaning.
Paul & Michelle Harmer
Ranking: 9/10
Good walk - able to do with a child in a pushchair. Good views and information points. Pull off the road regularly to get good photos of the coastline.
Rocco Christian
Ranking: 8/10
Nice track to see those fantastic rocks. Free of charge and on your own.
Marco Scheiber
Ranking: 9/10
Nice track and amazing view!
Brian Frost
Ranking: 10/10
Really enjoyed the walk and views, shame it rained.
Carel
Ranking: 9/10
Very beautiful and well situated.
Louis Smit
Ranking: 8/10
Well organised, good track, beautiful nature.
Ian Bailey
Ranking: 10/10
Great, well laid out - loved it.
Jessica Lane
Ranking: 3/10
Bit hyped up to get tourists to the area. Worth a stop off if you are driving through but not worth stopping at a backpackers/hotel. Bit disappointing.
Rick Moth
Ranking: 9/10
The walk to the rocks has been well laidout and is very attractive, the rocks themselves are awesome and the views spectacular.
Michael & Janet
Ranking: 9/10
Excellent with good swell at high tide plus stunning sunset. Timing of visit is essential.
Josef
Ranking: 9/10
Well described loop.
Cindy & Glen Kerunsky
Ranking: 10/10
This is a donation site - which could make it free if you choose. The natural wonder of these formations is beautifully preserved and made easily accessible by the beautiful walkways that lead you past all of the rocks.
Gillian Rowe
Ranking: 10/10
Well laid out, safe and informative.
Fries
Ranking: 10/10
Scenic area, good access.
Dieter Mangold
Ranking: 8/10
Very nice walkway with platforms to view the blowholes and the rock formations. Very crowded.
Barrie Corless
Ranking: 8/10
Although we did not get the full effect of a high tide, this was a stunning example of the wonders of nature and the work of the sea.
Tom Connis
Ranking: 10/10
Highlight of SH6 road trip - NZs equivalent to the California Coast Highway. Stunning scenery in that area.
pauls1892
Ranking: 10/10
You must stop off here on a south island trip, it is an awesome place just 35 minutes drive from greymouth. WE also diod the Truman track walk, wait till low tide then you can walk up the coast a bit at the end of the track where there are some caves. But dont get caught by the tide on your way back!
Moniek Roelots
Ranking: 9/10
Awesome! The way the wind and the waves crash into the blowholes.
Steve & Maggie
Ranking: 9/10
Stunning geological scenery made easily viewable by accessible walkway.
Dirk Faupel
Ranking: 9/10
Nice, easy walk, great nature.
Dirk Faupel
Ranking: 9/10
Nice, easy walk, great nature.
Gerard Crothers
Ranking: 10/10
Great experience. Just great to have a nice experience for FREE.
Ross Cooke
Ranking: 10/10
Best blow holes ever seen. Thought Quaba holes in Australia good - but this beats all.
Christoph
Ranking: 10/10
Very good.
Sebastian
Ranking: 9/10
Very impressive, especially at high tide, easy access (even for disabled people).
Ray Coombe
Ranking: 10/10
Beautifully landscaped and well constructed walkways around this natural phenomena with informative/educational notes on geology, flora and fauna - good parking and ALL FREE!!
Josh
Ranking: 9/10
Easy access.
Dean
Ranking: 8/10
1 hour walk around some amazing rock formations.
Stephen Hunt
Ranking: 4/10
Didn't live up to hype - even if the blowholes had actually blown! Rugged coastline but nothing amazing - stop if you are going past for a quick look but don't stay or go out of your way. Get the impression that the tide is rarely high enough for the blowholes to blow!
G Tulloch
Ranking: 9/10
Great natural site.
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John & Lorraine
Ranking: 8/10
One of the best blowholes ever seen.
Prideaux
Ranking: 10/10
Pancake Rocks and Blowholes are a must see.
AJ van Pelt
Ranking: 10/10
Impressive.
Rissa W
Ranking: 10/10
It would be a crime to drive past these rock formations, regardless of the weather. We were there when the weather was good, and the light at sunset really sets them off. In rough weather, visitors get treated to the spectacular blow holes. The park itself is well-maintained & landscaped. Entry is free, but we made a donation to the upkeep of the park.
Powerfamily
Ranking: 10/10
Stunning, just wished we had been there at high tide.
raceytracey
Ranking: 10/10
You've got to stop and have a look at these. The weather was rough but the sea geysers were really going off which made it worth it. There's another walk nearby called Trumans Track that is also worth doing, about 40 minutes but quite easy
Tricia Goggin
Ranking: 9/10
Absolutley spectacular. Out of this world. Geology amazing.
Thomas Reidinger
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful park walkway with impresive stones.
Stefan Schmitz
Ranking: 8/10
If you travel down the SH6 don't miss it. Nice views, good photos (despite the rain we had) and it is for free.
Iko
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful road that follows the rough and dramatic coastline! Pancake Rocks a gift of Mother Nature.
Mr & Mrs Palmer
Ranking: 9/10
Amazing natural wonder, definitely worth a stop with a visit to the beach.
Zuur
Ranking: 9/10
Go when the tide is in. We had all the luck of the world. The blowholes were fantastic - a nice little walk.
Gerstmann
Ranking: 10/10
Impressive experience (the beauty of nature).
Chris & Anne Pearson
Ranking: 10/10
On the tourist track so don't expect to be alone! Go at high tide, free to visit and well worth it.
Oppenoorth
Ranking: 9/10
Nice track, well kept, good overlook.
Steve & Pearl Baker
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful. Very well-maintained walk and great picture taking area.
Jim & Rebecca
Ranking: 10/10
Nature at its most dramatic - amazing. Does need a stormy sea though (which we had).
K Dahmer
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful, well laid out. A bit touristy but that is expected.
Elise van Haastert
Ranking: 8/10
Very nice walk, but the weather was very bad (it rained cats and dogs).
Martin
Ranking: 10/10
Great view of rocks which were formed by nature and it is for free.
Stephen Shearer
Ranking: 10/10
Never seen anything like it before and the paths were laid out very well.
Doris Neuber
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing views.
katjarege
Ranking: 9/10
Best to view at high tide.
Kai Eppink
Ranking: 8/10
Very impressive encounter with nature, very well maintained.
Christian Foerster
Ranking: 10/10
Very imposing when the wind is blowing hard! Blowholes and interesting rock formations.
Chris Darlington
Ranking: 9/10
Excellent walkways and signs. Well presented.
Rachel Gerrand
Ranking: 7/10
Worth a look whether or not you are there at the right time to see the blow holes.
Manu & Gabi
Ranking: 10/10
A must do! Beautiful landscape.
Kasten
Ranking: 10/10
Impressed. We could walk above the cliffs (rocks).
Ini & Cees
Ranking: 8/10
Nice walk in the evening from our campground to the Pancakes and Blowholes and beautiful views in sunset with a western swell.
Zenager
Ranking: 10/10
Go there when the weather is really bad!!
Robert Haidt
Ranking: 8/10
Really uniuque these rocks. It was a pity that the weather was bad and there were so many sandflies on the West Coast.
Barbara
Ranking: 10/10
Spectacular.
Kay and Colin Yendole
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent well made walkway allowing safe viewing of the rocks and coast.
Grada Anderson
Ranking: 10/10
Exciting and interesting.
Julia
Ranking: 9/10
Great view to Pancake Rocks.
Glow worm caves fun! Don't forget your torches (1pp). Please put some more glowworms in the caves.
Marieke and Bert-Jan
Ranking: 9/10
Nice walk along the rocks, lot of lookout points.
Bahner
Ranking: 10/10
Good descritptions about history, perfect roads, good i-site.
Jennie McIver
Ranking: 6/10
Pleasant walk but mother nature dictated the high tides outside of our visit so we could not experience the blowholes.
Nick Secker
Ranking: 8/10
I really enjoyed the sound, the water crashing through the rocks. Again good walking paths.
Mike and Alice Powner
Ranking: 9/10
Great geological formations, superb views of the rocks and coastline.
Glenn
Ranking: 10/10
A must see - best at high tide and high waves/swell. Intriguing and amazing.
Wijnhoven
Ranking: 10/10
Must see if you're travelling in the west coast southern island.
Andy Martin
Ranking: 10/10
NZ has some amazing landscapes and strange and wonderful rock formations - but these are something special - try to be there close to high tide.
Jane Hancock
Ranking: 8/10
Dramatic! Even though it was two hours past the best time to view.
David Heads
Ranking: 8/10
Good signage, good parking. Good general information.
Ross Hughes
Ranking: 8/10
Well maintained walk. Has improved immensely in 30 odd years since there last.
bryfrance
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing. Best seen at high tide. A well laid out track with info on geology and great photo opportunities.
Robert Cox
Ranking: 10/10
A wonderful experience, we stayed until high tide (4 hours).
Gordon Daniels
Ranking: 8/10
Easy access and well presented. Well worth a visit.
Juerg & Denise Zuesli
Ranking: 10/10
Short but impressive track. Recommended at high tide.
Bruce & Bonnie Childs
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing rock formations, limestone lifted from the seabed.
Dan Aldridge
Ranking: 8/10
Such a different place, quite beautiful.
Webster
Ranking: 10/10
Absolutely stunning. Good car parking - plentiful. Well maintained paths, safety barriers, and viewing points. No charges for anything, donations appreciated but no pressure.
Emma Wilkinson
Ranking: 9/10
Interesting, good to see, very pretty.
dollimyxture
Ranking: 10/10
Really easy walk some great views
saraswitzer
Ranking: 10/10
Great short walk to a spectacular setting.
Don & Geraldine
Ranking: 9/10
General sightseeing, natural wonders.
Keita-Karen Buchanan
Ranking: 10/10
Thought these were fantastic, the short walkway was really well done. The whole of the West Coast from Haast to Westport is fantastic.
antrobdozer
Ranking: 10/10
Very easy walk, well signposted and well worth the short walk to see these spectacular rocks...
BelindaT
Ranking: 10/10
Easily accessible, well sign posted and mantained track with stunning views for such a short walk. Good sign posts with excellent information about the geology of the area.
steph_m
Ranking: 8/10
Nice easy walk with some amazing views. And free!
nuwee
Ranking: 9/10
Nice! Hope to be when the tide is hide, though. The track is well-paved and enjoyable for the group.
Jvjm Family
Ranking: 9/10
Fine path to walk on and to watch all the magnificent views.
Bartlett nz
Ranking: 10/10
great for kids
E.M. Prideaux
Ranking: 9/10
The walk through the natural trees & vegetation was as enjoyable as looking down at the natural rock formations.
Chung Family
Ranking: 10/10
Fantastic track + well signed.
Annemiek and Rianne
Ranking: 10/10
Good for travellers that these hot spots are free.
John J
Ranking: 9/10
Caught on a day when sea at high tide + rough. Quite as experience. Would recommend it.
Margie Sammons
Ranking: 10/10
Great easy access walk with great views.
Kevin F
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent walkway around some spectacular ''blow-holes'' with coastal rocks, cliffs etc.
Russ Turner
Ranking: 8/10
Well laid out paths leading to good viewpoints. Extremely impressive natural feature when a good south westerly wind is blowing.
P.C Kool
Ranking: 9/10
impressive, good steps + path and viewing points.
Brigitta Reil
Ranking: 9/10
Lovely
Corine van Been
Ranking: 7/10
Nice and funny for a half hour stop.
Tom Bos
Ranking: 8/10
Interesting, with good information along the walk way.
Main
Ranking: 10/10
Nice walk around park & well worth a visit.
Ian Watson
Ranking: 10/10
Easy circular walk.
Kevin and Teresa
Ranking: 8/10
The circular walkway is well presented with good underfoot conditions. It successfully brings the tourits close to the scenery without damaging it in any way. A number of excellent positions for photos.
DC Melbourne
Ranking: 9/10
Another one of nature's marvels.
Martina Bumiller
Ranking: 7/10
Very touristic. No natural walkways.
Barry Treve
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent walkway and signage.
Douglas Beresford
Ranking: 9/10
Exhilarating views on coast road leading to Punakaiki and interesting water movement around fascinating rock formations.
Bronwyn
Ranking: 9/10
Wicked as. Free, well maintained, great information boards. Even on a rainy day it's awesome.
TillE412
Ranking: 10/10
Windy weather, stormy seas, so spectacular waves!
SSheil
Ranking: 10/10
Quite excellent.
Amy_B
Ranking: 3/10
The pancake rocks themselves are very boring, and not very pretty, while the blowholes only exist for short periods of time. Overall, it was a disappointment, plus the town was incredibly small.
MiepS
Ranking: 8/10
Nice to see the blow-holes. Good facilities (bridge, path, viewpoints). Beach Okuru - beautiful mysterious beach walk.
Rissmann
Ranking: 10/10
Well and lovingly prepared track!
Johannes & Jopke Fokkema
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing experience.
Barry Smith
Ranking: 7/10
Interesting, short walk
Benzedi
Ranking: 10/10
Very well done!!
JanW
Ranking: 7/10
Nice rock formations, but where are the blowholes?
JanetM
Ranking: 10/10
It was pouring with rain when we were there so could not see them as well as we would have liked. The path was beautifully maintained. However it appeared that people stopped in town for the rocks + leave town.
Francesca Sabat
Ranking: 10/10
Seeing these at high tide on a windy day was a spectacle not to be missed. Every single person there was smiling. No hype.
Robertson
Ranking: 9/10
A well worth stop along SH6. Great paths and viewing points
Ronny
Ranking: 9/10
Nicely maintained, accessible
Claudia
Ranking: 10/10
Great experience to watch the giant waves within the rocks. Go there at high tide.
Marsden
Ranking: 10/10
Free! Best to go at high tide.
Sheila Morgan
Ranking: 10/10
Really fascinating - but get there for high tide.
Melanie Bielefeld
Ranking: 10/10
Beatuiful walkway.
Peattie
Ranking: 10/10
Blowholes and pancake rocks. Nice walk; well maintained area and great views.
Anna
Ranking: 8/10
Amazing natural sites - go at high tide to really appreciate the blowholes.
Jeremy & Sarah Rind
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing rocks & blow holes, even saw dolphins riding the surf. Whole of west coast v. scenic.
Terry Phillips
Ranking: 8/10
Well worth visit, amazing structures, probably best at high water, we went low water but still good.
Ake Erlandsson
Ranking: 10/10
Absolutli remarkable
Nadine Schaee
Ranking: 10/10
fantastic, very impressive, easy walk
David Valentine
Ranking: 9/10
Site excellently planned and executed with good interpretation.
S Luis Van Oler
Ranking: 9/10
Wonderful walks and wonderful sites.
Sally Hall
Ranking: 8/10
Very good to see, a really natural site with a wow factor.
Terry J
Ranking: 7/10
Good pathway
Chris Bulman
Ranking: 10/10
Well laid out with good information - a pleasure to see.
Kathrin Thomas
Ranking: 10/10
Spectacular and beautifully (safely) set out paths, giving literally bird's eye views of cliffs & ocean.
Shane and Kate Wilkinson
Ranking: 10/10
Sitting under the stars at Punakaiki beach on a clear night. It is wonderous.
Alan Riley
Ranking: 10/10
Great free experience.
Artur D
Ranking: 9/10
Walking throuhg a very beautiful rainforest, huge rocks which are looking like many pancakes.
Samantha Piekuta
Ranking: 8/10
Perfect walk for a young family.
Mike
Ranking: 7/10
Walk is well set up and the area is interesting with good views.
Lynn Maguire
Ranking: 10/10
Free!
niekv
Ranking: 9/10
Great fun at high tide.
purplekat99
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful and free! Right on the main West Coast highway, you can't miss it!
joannaw
Ranking: 9/10
Nature at its best. Blowholes through the rocks and amazing formations.
sophiep
Ranking: 9/10
Well worth stopping off. They are continually changing though.
catdonjaime
Ranking: 9/10
Stunning!
Debs NZ
Ranking: 10/10
Beautiful walk, and its FREE! Just make sure you go at high tide so you can see the blowholes really working!
chessum
Ranking: 9/10
DOC has done a wonderful job of making the Pancake Rocks accessible to the public. Spectacular and even more so at high tide when the blowholes are operating.
Suzanne
Ranking: 10/10
Fasinating rock formations along a scenic coast line. It was definitely worth the road detour from Mt Arthurs pass to see them then head back down the scenic west coast. It was a scenic trip highlight of New Zealand for us. The walk is short and very easy.
Evan
Ranking: 9/10
Come at high tide and it's very wonderful.
rosil
Ranking: 7/10
Very touristic with lots of people and sealed walking track.
ginekek
Ranking: 10/10
Amazing rocks and no charges (free) very good walk and everybody can see this awesome nature.
bondd
Ranking: 9/10
A great short walk to dramatic coastline. Suitable for everyone.
brianp
Ranking: 10/10
Excellent layout of the area with care taken so that even handicapped people can benefit from the sight of these rocks and blowholes.
andriesk
Ranking: 8/10
Nice short walk. The sea thundering against the pancake rocks and through the blowholes is a surprise after the quite walk at beginning.