Viewpoint
Cape Farewell
Puponga, Tasman
The northernmost tip of the South Island, with clifftop walks and a rugged windswept headland.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
A short walk from the car park leads onto grassy clifftops above the Tasman Sea at the top of the South Island. Sheep graze the paddocks and a rock arch sits below the cliffs. Pair it with Wharariki Beach, since the two are close together on the same peninsula.
Good to know
- Combine with Wharariki
- Take a jacket, the wind is constant
- Stay behind the clifftop fences
- Best time
- Late afternoon
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Gravel road to the Cape Farewell car park, then a short walk over farmland.
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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