Waikawa New Zealand

Waikawa is a small fishing village in the south west of the Catlins that you drive through to get to some attractions on the coast off the Southern Scenic Route.

The village has a few houses, Waikawa Museum, and St Marys Anglican Church.

Attractions in Waikawa Area

• Waikawa
  • Waikawa Museum
  • Dolphin Information Centre
  • St Marys Anglican Church
• Curio Bay
  • Yellow-eyed Penguins
  • Petrified Forest
  • Fossils
• Porpoise Bay
  • Hector's Dolphins
  • Little Penguin / Little Blue Penguins
  • Yellow-eyed Penguins
  • New Zealand Sea Lions
  • New Zealand Fur Seals
• Niagara Falls
• Slope Point
• Southernmost Point of the South Island
• Southern Scenic Route
• Southland Region
• Catlins
• Catlins Conservation Park
• Kaka Point
• Florence Hill Lookout
• Cannibal Bay
• Cathedral Caves
• McLean Falls

Waikawa Museum

The museum is also a visitor’s information centre for the area and hosts a Dolphin Information Centre to inform about Hector’s Dolphins that are in the nearby Porpoise Bay.

Visiting the museum will give you an insight into history of seafaring and logging in the area as you pass through.

Waikawa museum was actually closed when I visited so I took a few photos around the outside where there are some interesting remnants of historical interest stored. See the images below.

Directions to Waikawa

Drive the Southern Scenic Route SH92 from Balclutha to Invercargill, or in reverse, the village is signposted in the west of the Catlins.

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