Shantytown is one of New Zealand’s premier cultural and heritage attractions. A faithfully recreated 1900s pioneer town, born out of, and stimulated by, the West Coast gold rushes of the 1860s, Shantytown provides a real sense of what it was like to live in New Zealand by allowing visitors to participate in and observe our country as it was in the past. Shantytown is located approximately 10 kilometres south of Greymouth.

Capacity: Visitors 1,500, functions 600. Season: All year. Operating hours: 7 days a week until 5pm except Christmas Day. Fitness level: Low. Price: POA.