Places-of-Interest

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Kaingaroa Quaint, is one word often used to describe this bustling little fishing village on the Norther corner of Rekohu. The residents of Kaingaroa often prepare a meal for Tourists on Saturday evenings at the local Kaingaroa Club and it is, without a doubt, one of the highights of a trip to the Chathams. The food is superb and the company is fantastic

Tuku Valley Nursery Liz and Bruce Tuanui run a nursery at their home in the Tuku valley on the south west coast of the Chathams. They offer guided walks of their nursery and gardens and you will be pleasantly amazed at the variety of plants and how well things grow in our litle sub-antarctic environment.

Whangaroa Seafoods Factory Arrangements are underway to enable visitors to watch this factory in action. Because the hygiene regulations are so strict in procesing facilities, visitors are unable to enter the factory floor, but will be able to view it from a dry viewing room adjacent. Watch the whole process, from unloading, grading, filleting to packaging freezing and shipping.

Scenery Theres no charge for this particular attraction. Its too hard to charge for something that is everywhere! It doesn’t really matter what your particular scenery fetish is, there is something for everyone, from ‘mountains’ (well… biggish hills anyway) to cliff, sandy beaches to swampland, lakes and rivers to ocean vistas, it’s covered.

Plant life

Bird Life

Seafood Do you like crayfish (Rock Lobster), or Paua (Abalone) or fish? Well you’re coming to the right place then, because there’s lots of it here and its all fresh and its all very very tasty. Get Joan at Chatham Lodge to prepare a seafood buffet for you and you will soon see what I am talking about. Our fish is the freshest, the tastiest and the best fish in the world.

Beaches

There are a wide range of on the islands that visitors can walk or beach comb on. Most of the time you will have the beach to yourself or your group.

Basalt Columns

The Basalt columns are one of the many natural wonders of Rekohu. Formed by a process of cooling with salt water these hexagonal columns of basalt are spectacular, as is the location and scenery around them.

Nunuku’s Cave Legend has it, that this cave which contains authentic and ancient rock carvings was the home of the legendary Nunuku, the Moriori Chief who outlawed killing among his people. A pacifist law which lasted for hundreds of years, even in the face of wanton aggression.

Te Whanga Lagoon This large body of water provides a source of food and a venue for leisure and a means of access to various corners of the island. Abundant in whitebait, eel, assorted shellfish and relatively shallow, despite its size, Te Whanga, which contains both fresh and salt water is a fantastic place to have a fossick around. Its shores are adorned with limestone cliff, sandy beaches and wetland habitats. This is where the locals go when they want to get away from it all… (again).