Ship Creek shelter

Peter Kent

Ship Creek, 15km north of Haast features a coastal path with an information shelter and a timber boardwalk that follows the slow-flowing water and crosses the kahikatea swampland.

The small Tauparikaka Creek located 15 km north of Haast acquired the name Ship Creek after part of a ship was washed up on the beach. A fascinating coastal path known as the Swamp Forest Walk features an area of kahikatea swamp forest that follows the slow-flowing water. A timber boardwalk allows visitors access across the swamp and provides easy observation of plants and wildlife. Deep in the swamp forest are views of New Zealand’s tallest tree, the kahikatea.

Location:

West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Reference:

Landscape New Zealand, March/April 2001, p 13