Long Point

Irihuka (Long Point) Reserve was purchased by the Yelloweyed Penguin Trust in 2009 for the conservation of these native penguins and restoration of other seabird species and coastal ecosystems.

Access is via Helena Falls Beach

– a few hundred metres up the road is the start of the Long Point Walk, which, with its high elevation, has panoramic views of this part of the Catlins’ coast and headlands. Depending on the conditions this is a good place to be awed by the swells and wind racing straight in from Antarctica and the raw interaction with the land.