Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes in the West Coast of New Zealand is a unique limestone landscape by the ocean. The easy paved track provides a relaxing short walk to the lookout of the pancake rocks and blowholes.
A natural arch with surge pools below the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes walkway.
The pancake rocks are called that way due to the formations that looked like pancakes stacked together into many layers. These rocks were formed from minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km deep 30 million years ago. Deep water pressure solidified the fragments into hard and soft limestone layers. Then, seismic actions lifted these limestone from the seabed to above the sea level. Eventually, the mildly acidic rain, wind and seawater sculpted these limestones into what you are seeing here.
Look and hear out for the blowholes as the waves crash into the rock cliffs. The caverns below with air holes running up the rock surfaces create natural blowholes. These blowholes shoot compressed air and water upwards as the waves push into the caverns.
There are also plenty of birdlife you could observe resting or even nesting on the rocks. You might also find marine mammals around.
Along the track, I stumbled upon a cheeky weka with its cute chick still furry without feathers. They bounced into the bush before I could take a good photo of them.
Preparing for my upcoming Paparao Great Walk, I stayed at Te Nikau Retreat surrounded by natural coastal forest with beaches within a few minutes. Lotsa cheeky weka around!
*地球队长经过* 记住，请保护我们的环境，请勿破坏大自然。不要留下任何垃圾，只带回照片和回忆（如果可以的话，还可以捡走一些垃圾）。请在指定的路径上行走，并尽量保持在中间行走，以使裸露的土壤不会进一步扩散/腐蚀。与大自然融为一体吧 *飞走了*
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