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, then one 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 fee is $29 per person (one way) for the 16km trip to the Lodge.
• Christchurch International airport is only 125km from the Lodge. With many Christchurch hotels out of operation due to earthquake damage, contact us if you need accommodation relatively close to the airport when you arrive or depart the South Island

Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass is a comfortable 370km (230 mile) six 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 guides below are useful for planning your drive between the 2 Lodges.

Driving Guide Arthur's Pass to Lake Moeraki Adobe Acrobat Document: 174 KB, 25 seconds @ 56kbps

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

Click here for a suggested 5 to 7 day itinerary.

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 natural places.

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 by 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.