Westport Local Attractions and Activities

Underworld Rafting, the Glowworm Cave Tour and Adventure Caving combines fun and discovery in a pristine environment. Experience amazing cave formations, gaze at or float under a surreal galaxy of glowworms and if you come with us underworld rafting finish your trip of by tubing down the gentle rapids of the Nile River.

Outwest Tours offers a wild West Coast experience, taking you off the beaten track on journeys into the wild heart of the land. Enjoy spectacular landscapes and travel historic mining trails, as you relax in one of their fully air-conditioned four-wheel-drive vehicles.

Raft the legendary Buller River Earthquake Rapids, the section with the most whitewater in the breath taking Buller Gorge. Adventurers will experience plenty of white water action. Challenge yourself at the “swim” rapid, and after all the rapids, glide through deep pools and lush subtropical rain forest. First Rafting Trip? No worries!! Your guides will give you full rafting safety instruction.

Just the name alone is evocative of a bygone era. Ride past old mining relics, ascend through native forest and break out on to alpine tops offering breath-taking views. Descend in to open river valleys littered with lakes and tarns. Ride along the slopes of a stunning river gorge. The Old Ghost Road is part of the New Zealand Cycle Trails network. We at ASURE Chelsea Gateway Motor Lodge are proud to be an Official Partner of The Old Ghost Road and New Zealand Cycle Trails.