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Shantytown Heritage Park
Step back in time and discover legendary stories of pioneer West Coasters through a fascinating mix of exhibits & interactive activities in a recreated 1900's gold-rush village.
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, a strike is guaranteed! Old time photographs and a holographic theatre show are just some of the other activities available.
With over 30 shops and buildings to explore whatever the weather you're guaranteed a great time at Shantytown Heritage Park.
Licensed onsite café and bar.
Only 10 kms south of Greymouth - well sign posted off SH6
A true New Zealand "must do" attraction.
NOTE: Shantytown Heritage Park is open 8.30am - 5pm daily (except Christmas day). Clients booking via bookme.co.nz can stay as long as they like and the reporting time is flexible even though the booking system indicates a specific time.
Times are flexible but not dates, i.e. you must arrive on the day that you booked for.Gold Panning and Audio guide can be added as a $12 extra. Any gold caught can be taken home!.
Prices: Adult $33 Child $16 (5-17 years old) Senior $26.00 Under 5 Free
All prices for this activity are shown in NZD ($)
Good value for money compared to other attractions. 4 hours of fun! Very interesting and educational.
We had a great day at shantytown. Both my 2 and 3 year old were constantly entertained by all the attractions. The new attractions were good and the food and coffees were amazing.
Chrissie Patterson from New Zealand wrote on 15 November 2015
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I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Shantytown
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