A panorama showing the mountains around the Otira Valley in New Zealand. This picture was taken near the base of the narrow Otira Gorge. Image taken January 2008.

Otira Valley - Otira Gorge visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Otira Valley' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from West Coast.

Otira is set in a narrow valley on the western side of a pass over the Southern Alps in New Zealand. Highway 73 runs through this valley on the West Coast and then follows the path of the Otira River up the famous Otira Gorge, climbing up the slopes of Mount Rolleston through a National Park. Near the top of the pass the road passes over the Otira Viaduct and traverses the mountain saddle before beginning it's decent through Arthur's Pass into Canterbury.

Road: Otira, at the base of Otira Gorge, is about 15km north of Arthur's Pass and 20km from Jacksons.