Hard national parks word search
Routeburn, Heaphy, Kepler and Piopiotahi: twenty-eight words from the national parks of Aotearoa in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions. For trampers who want something to do in the hut.
- Abel Tasman
- Aoraki
- Arthur's Pass
- Doubtful Sound
- Fiordland
- Franz Josef
- Glacier
- Great Walk
- Heaphy Track
- Hut
- Kahurangi
- Kea
- Kepler Track
- Lookout
- Milford Sound
- Moraine
- Mount Aspiring
- Nelson Lakes
- Paparoa
- Piopiotahi
- Rakiura
- Ranger
- Routeburn
- Swing bridge
- Tongariro
- Waterfall
- Westland
- Whanganui
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Make your own versionNational parks, extra hard
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| P | L | N | W | E | S | T | L | A | N | D | O | B | P | M | I | G | I |
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| U | K | F | K | C | A | R | T | R | E | L | P | E | K | Y | A | A | H |
| A | O | L | I | R | E | G | B | H | T | I | A | U | W | G | G | R | P |
| R | F | N | A | N | E | G | L | A | V | P | H | M | A | N | N | U | T |
| U | R | L | I | W | N | G | S | A | H | L | U | I | T | I | O | H | U |
| I | A | E | K | I | T | M | N | Y | C | F | T | L | E | R | T | A | O |
| K | N | P | W | L | A | A | T | A | A | I | W | F | R | I | N | K | K |
| A | Z | S | B | N | K | R | E | W | R | I | E | O | F | P | D | D | O |
| R | J | E | S | S | A | P | S | R | U | H | T | R | A | S | F | A | O |
| O | O | T | M | C | N | E | L | U | G | O | T | D | L | A | T | O | L |
| A | S | E | K | A | L | N | O | S | L | E | N | S | L | T | R | R | G |
| H | E | X | D | O | U | B | T | F | U | L | S | O | U | N | D | A | D |
| Y | F | I | H | E | W | H | A | N | G | A | N | U | I | U | P | P | T |
| I | A | U | N | I | F | S | M | O | R | A | I | N | E | O | N | A | L |
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Find these words
- Abel Tasman
- Aoraki
- Arthur's Pass
- Doubtful Sound
- Fiordland
- Franz Josef
- Glacier
- Great Walk
- Heaphy Track
- Hut
- Kahurangi
- Kea
- Kepler Track
- Lookout
- Milford Sound
- Moraine
- Mount Aspiring
- Nelson Lakes
- Paparoa
- Piopiotahi
- Rakiura
- Ranger
- Routeburn
- Swing bridge
- Tongariro
- Waterfall
- Westland
- Whanganui
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About this word search
Several of New Zealand's Great Walks run through national parks: the Routeburn between Mount Aspiring and Fiordland, the Kepler in Fiordland and the Heaphy in Kahurangi. On the West Coast the Franz Josef Glacier comes down towards the rainforest, and in Fiordland, Milford Sound, or Piopiotahi, and Doubtful Sound cut deep into the mountains.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Mount Aspiring and Doubtful Sound are the longest with thirteen letters, followed by Milford Sound with twelve. Hut and Kea are only three letters long. Sound appears in two names and Track in two others, so check what comes before it. Look for the Z and J in Franz Josef, the double O in Lookout and the double S in Arthur's Pass.
Use it in a hut on a wet day, or at home to plan the next tramp. For each park on the list, name one track and one thing you would hope to see there.
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