Top Greymouth Outdoor Activities

Get off road in Greymouth with this buggy tour through the forest. You don’t need a license, just a dash of adventure. This is a great all ages activity: to drive the all terrain vehicle, you need to be sixteen or older, but younger people can sit in the passenger seat. A guide will take you through magical forest, and you can access areas that would be impossible in an ordinary vehicle.

Explore the forest canopy from high above the ground with tickets to the West Coast Treetop Walk, where a steel platform stretches more than 1,475 feet (450 mt.) through towering rimu and kamahi trees. Booking West Coast Treetop Walk tickets online ensures your place at the spectacular site, where clear days mean views of the snowy Southern Alps and the Tasman Sea from the panoramic observation tower.

Tour with our local knowledgeable guides to one of the World's Top 10 Coastal Scenic drives and visit the famous Punakaiki Blow Holes and Pancake Rocks. One of the regions key icons and a must do when visiting the South Island.

Sometimes, a tour really does offer an experience unlike nearly any other. Calling all adventurers aboard a rainforest tour on a Military Hagglund, a juggernaut, all-terrain carrier originally designed to travel through snow and bogs of northern Sweden. Take a roughly 3.1 mile (5-kilometer) trip through mud, creeks, and other obstacles. Opt for a pickup and drop-off—on a regular vehicle—from your hotel in Greymouth.

Try a challenging track on this muddy adventure. Get out of Greymouth and into the grit of the wilderness, on a buggy or a quad bike. Embrace tight corners, pot holes, and gnarly uphill slogs. The sense of accomplishment and the thrill of speed makes for a memorable back-country experience. Enjoy taking control of your own vehicle in a wild part of the West Coast.

While in Greymouth, take your South Island adventure off-roading on a 4-wheeler. Leave the navigation up to a guide as you traverse mud, puddles, and hills along privately owned farm and rain forest tracks. This small-group ATV adventure covers roughly 5 miles (8 km) with a maximum of 15 people.

Don’t worry if you get a bit muddy; West Coast locals are used to adventurous-sorts and the trained guides at Bush ’n’ Bog quad bike guides will encourage you to make a mess. Featuring a four-wheel motorbike adventure set amidst magnificent native forest just minutes from Greymouth town center, this fully guided-tour is jam-packed with both scenic beauty and natural adrenaline.

Get behind the wheel of a powerful four wheel drive buggy and head deep into the New Zealand back-country on this unique West Coast experience. Drive through untouched native rainforest and across muddy paddocks and valleys in a rough-and-tumble buggy made for the terrain. No license or experience is required: training is provided so every driver knows how to handle these exhilarating vehicles.