Outwest Tours

Enjoy spectacular landscapes and travel historic mining trails, as you relax in one of their fully air-conditioned four-wheel-drive vehicles.

Johnny’s Journey with Outwest, the only company with access to the privately owned valley, will delight and captivate the visitor. Here visitors can meet local legend, and owner Johnny Currie and observe the wild red deer, the pancake rock formations, see the ancient Maori cave and much more.

The Mackley Tour travels up to the Denniston Plateau, through the wild country and then returns to Westport via the scenic Buller Gorge. Be prepared for rugged landscapes and river crossings all in the comfort of one of Outwest’s specially designed vehicles. This trip offers spectacular scenery and rugged terrain featuring fast-flowing rivers, deep gorges and waterfalls. It’s an exciting, full-day journey into genuine wilderness.

The Denniston Tour visits the coal plateau high above the coastal flats. Here underground miners toiled extracting high quality coal and there are many amazing relics from the mining era. Denniston is an area rich in history, unusual landforms and outstanding scenery.