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Akaroa Town Centre

Akaroa Town Centre

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Akaroa Town Centre

Name: Akaroa Town Centre
Rating: 2

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Location: Canterbury, New Zealand

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1. View of Akaroa Harbour – Children's Bay Walkway loop from Akaroa

10.1km

03:00

290m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Akaroa Lighthouse – Akaroa loop from Akaroa

5.88km

01:39

110m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Akaroa Lighthouse – Akaroa loop from Akaroa

5.33km

01:29

100m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Ulrike

December 29, 2023

Akaroa is a small coastal town with French charm on the Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. As the only French settlement in New Zealand and one of the first European settlements in the country, Akaroa enchants with its beautiful harbor, the Akaroa Harbor, and its colonial architecture. In 1838, French whaling ship captain Jean François L'Anglois decided that Akaroa was the ideal location for a town to serve as a base camp for the whaling ships. He purchased the Banks Peninsula from the native Maori in a shady deal.
He then returned to France and assembled a group of French and German families who sailed to New Zealand to form a French colony there. On August 18, 1840, 63 settlers reached the Banks Peninsula and founded Akaroa. Today there are references to the French origins and history everywhere
Location: Pretty streets with French names are lined with historic houses decorated with roses.

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Location: Canterbury, New Zealand

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Akaroa Town Centre

1. View of Akaroa Harbour – Children's Bay Walkway loop from Akaroa

2. Akaroa Lighthouse – Akaroa loop from Akaroa

3. Akaroa Lighthouse – Akaroa loop from Akaroa

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