Finding Your Way

Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass

• The Lodge is located on Highway 73, the scenic mountain highway linking Christchurch and the West Coast.
• We are 16km east of Arthur's Pass township located 1 kilometre up Cora Lynn Rd.
• The Lodge is approximately 110 minutes (130km) from either the city of Christchurch or the West Coast town of Greymouth.
• The Tranz Alpine train arrives in Arthur's Pass from Christchurch at 10.42am each day or 3.57pm from Greymouth on the West Coast.  If you are coming via train, please let us know so we can arrange to meet you.  The train transfer pick up fee is $25 per person (one way fare) for the 16km trip to the Lodge.
• Christchurch International airport is only 125km from the Lodge.

Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass is a 370km (230 mile) comfortable 6 hour drive from Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki in South Westland. You should plan to leave the Lodge by 9am to give yourself an hour or two at the Glaciers en route. The driving guide below is useful for planning your drive between the 2 Lodges.

Driving Guide Lake Moeraki to Arthur's Pass Adobe Acrobat Document: 73.6 KB, 11 seconds @ 56kbps

We recommend you try to stay at least a couple of nights at each Wilderness Lodge to experience the full range of the South Island's wild nature.

Click here for a suggested 5 to 7 day itinerary.

WHAT TO BRING

The Lodge is open all year round (except June and July) and our guided activities operate year round. The climate is characterised with settled clear winters with light snow falls that may not even settle on the ground. Summer temperatures can reach 25C but do bring some warmer clothes, lightweight rain gear and good sturdy shoes/boots to make the most of our walks.