Welcome to Panakaiki Blowholes & Pancake Rocks'

Don't miss this with a Tourism Radio Guide in your vehicle.

Playing through your vehicles radio our Tour Guide commentators keep you right up to date with where you are, where to go and what to see and do in the surrounding area so you don't miss out on anything.

With more than 2200 points of interest to alert you to, each day of your holiday will be filled with interesting information.

Make the most of your driving holiday with a Tourism Radio Guide and don't miss out on anything.

Coming up ahead are the Punakaiki blowholes and Pancake Rocks. The pancake rocks are a working of nature more than 30 million years old. Layers of marine creatures and sand were buried on the ocean floor over thousands of years. This resulted in alternating layers of hard limestone and soft sandstone. The ocean rose and rain and wind began to erode the sandstone. The result is the hundreds of horizontal slices in the rock that look like a stack of pancakes. Deep inside the cliffs are the blowholes which are air shafts created where the rain and horizontal tunnels meet. During high tide the ocean forces large amounts of water and air upward through these vents. A walkway leads to the pancake rocks and provides info about both of these natural phenomenons

Travel Guide

Welcome to Panakaiki Blowholes & Pancake Rocks'

Get Tourism Radio

for FREE when you

rent a vehicle from our

preferred partners

Follow Us

Free Phone 0800 868 769

Get your Tourism Radio for FREE when you rent a vehicle from our preferred partners