Loading ...I received an email today from a prospective traveller to NZ who was looking for recommendations of scenic walks and trails which are accessible by scooter/segway, and to be honest, I wasn’t able to help her much!
I plan to visit as much of New Zealand as I can– both the North and South Islands. I am an outdoors/nature enthusiast, and I would like to experience as much of the beauty of NZ as possible - volcanoes, mud flats, caves, penguins, kiwis, goats, sheep, glaciers, etc.
So I’m hoping some of you fantastic readers could leave a comment below suggesting somewhere ‘outdoorsy’ you’ve been to which was particularly wheelchair or scooter friendly? It seems she might have to give the Riverton viewing platform a miss though…
Thanks in advance everyone!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Woodpecker // Jan 18, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I suggest you contact the disAbility Information/Resource Centres. www.nzfdic.org.nz to find the contacts in each area. These Centres are the disability ‘I’ sites and many have databases of what is accessible in their areas.
2 kiwijan // Jan 19, 2008 at 3:43 pm
don`t forget Waitomo Caves is now accessible and a must as far as I am concerned. Also the agrodome in Rotorua [sheep displayed etc] is accessible
3 Red // Jan 20, 2008 at 11:45 am
Agrodome’s a good one Jan, I went there a few years ago and found it great in terms of accessibility. That’s also where you’ll find the ‘Swoop’ - sort of like a bungy but less risky haha, but so exhilarating! - and also the infamous Zorb!
4 Peter Dolamore // Jan 20, 2008 at 1:54 pm
The Department of Conservation (DOC) have a good publication called Easy access walks - South Island.
I frequent most of the walks in Fiordland and some on the West Coast and find them pretty good in a manual wheelchair just takes a bit more grunt on some of the slopes!! a scooter or segway you will go further than I can!!
send an email if and when you get down south.
5 Rachel // Jan 21, 2008 at 8:46 am
Hey Red a friend of mine wrote a book on accessible walks in the Sth Island I’ll see if I can find a copy….
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