A "Land Uplifted High".  (Abel Tasman 1642)

Untouched landscapes, dense dinosaur rainforests, giant glaciers rugged coasts and soaring alps.

 Best  ACTION ADVENTURES   building confidence, skills and knowledge
PHOTOS
|●  Glacier Snout Walk    - Amazing river source encased in a huge intimidating canyon   
●  Helicopter flight          - Best way to see a glacier actually working
●  Big Screen Movie       - Fly over the zone from ocean to Alps
●  Lake Matheson           - Create the best picture postcard for your album
●  Bushman's Centre      - Have a good ("non- politically correct") laugh
●  Rainforests                 - Dinosaur Podocarp & Beech, swamplands, parasites, epiphytes
●  Glow-worms               - Deadly carnivores of the night the terror of the insect world 
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CURRICULUM LEARNING
Geography
●  Overview          -  Alps, dinosaur rainforests and spectacular glaciers
●  Glaciers            -  See and understand the forces that shaped the land
●  Alps                   -  The highest Alps uplifting and making the zone's weather 
●  Glacier Valleys  - U shaping, hanging valleys, cirques 
●  Rivers                - Glacier melt water, - features and processes
●  Erosion              -  Alpine demolition, screes, rivers, glaciers, fans wind, rain
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Social Studies
●  Tourism             -  Incentives, natural attractions, services, financing, management
●  Settlements       - Tourism, marketing, secondary attractions, services
●  Conservation     -  Of a unique rainforest of plants and animals
●  Recreation         -  Forests, mountains, glaciers, hunting, rivers, lakes, ocean
●  World Heritage   -  Full of unique flora and fauna from dinosaur times
●  Salmon farm       - A delicacy needing great care
●  Geology               -  Large varieties of rocks due to tectonic mixing
●  Haast Highway       -  New Zealand's newest following the entire
●  Whataroa & Harihari - Fascinating remote forest towns with lost industries
●  South Westland National Park - Huge areas of pristine forests alps and protected nature

What students say
LINK - South Westland National Park "Facts & History" 
LINK -  Things to do
LINK -  More about the zone 

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