Well, here are the limestone arches at Karamea. These things were so huge it was difficult to photograph them… it was like photographing a skyscraper from 3 inches away…. it is just not going to happen. It happened. These things were simply amazing. These arches were made by a river going through a mountain… naturally. The river just decided that through a mountain was its best way to go.

This first picture was of the biggest arch. It measures approximately 200 meters long by 50 meters wide by 45 meters tall. That is huge!! You could almost fit 2 football fields inside these arches.

This was taken outside the arch, you can see the river at the bottom and the river going right through this huge hill.

Same angle just a little further back….

Here was the other limestone arch that we saw. This one was not nearly as big, but it had some caves on the side of it that you can go in.

by Colin Feldhaus