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Shantytown Heritage Park

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Discover fascinating stories of real New Zealanders and experience a recreated gold-rush village. West Coast isolation, extreme weather and rugged terrain produced stories of fortitude and ingenuity. Shantytown tells these pioneering stories through a fascinating mix of experience and displays.
Ride the Steam Train through native rainforest, experience the sights and sounds of a working sawmill, watch the sluice gun blast gold bearing rock and soil from the earth, then follow the races to the gold claim and pan for your own gold.
The village, with 30 shops and buildings to explore shows life the way it used to be. Catch the show in our new holographic theatre. For a memento of Shantytown nothing is better than an old time photo.

Make a donation

Please support all the work involved in managing the trail and making it the remarkable experience that is is. Riders are encouraged to continue $10 per rider per day and larger donations are very much welcomed. This is able to be made on directly to the link below. There are also Donation Stations set up with contractless credit card swipe devices at the following locatons: Greymouth: The Greymouth isite/West Coast Travel Centre, Wilderness Sports & Cycles Kumara: The Theatre Royal Hotel Hokitika: The Hokitika isite, Hokitika Cycles and Sports, Kiwi Journeys, the Hokitika Kiwi Holiday Park, The Fire Station and Thatcher and Small. Thank you for your support. See you on the trail!

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