Photo: Pancake Rocks

Photo of the Pancake Rocks located in the Paparoa National Park on the South Island of New Zealand

Photo of the Pancake Rocks in the Paparoa National Park. Such a stunning place to visit, the Paparoa National Park is a 30,000 hectare park which covers from the coast including the Pancake Rocks, to the inland Mountainous ranges. Within this relatively small park, you will find such a diverse ecosystem of lush temperate rainforest featuring the sub-tropical nikau palms, to the extreme of the rugged coast with pounding waves. Each day the sea is sculpting the Pancake Rocks into delicate layers, all to the orchestral sound of the water being channeled and forced through small gaps in the rocks creating some spectacular sprays, and thundering sounds.