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Takiroa Rock Art Shelter
Duntroon, Canterbury
Ancient Maori rock drawings under a limestone overhang beside the highway.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 20 min
A limestone shelter holds Maori rock art made in charcoal and ochre. It is one of the best-known rock art sites in the South Island, close to the Waitaki Valley route. Viewing is from outside the protective barrier.
Good to know
- Read the information panel first
- Look, do not touch, and stay on the path
- Best time
- Daytime
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Roadside stop on SH83, short walk
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
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