Looking at the map, the quickest way from Pigeon Bay to Port Levy is via the 14.4 km metal Port Levy Pigeon Bay Road. The road climbs steeply 500 metres and crosses over the ridge below Wild Cattle Hill before dropping to sea level at Port Levy.
As a rule, we don’t turn down an opportunity to drive a remote NZ road, and this one was no exception. Once again, a Toyota Corolla was tested and came through unscathed. Having said this, we can’t honestly recommend this narrow, winding, unsealed road with multiple blind corners and no room to get past oncoming vehicles. At least there was no other traffic, and the views were fantastic, as you would expect.
The other options for getting to Port Levy are on a sealed road, still offering spectacular views, from Diamond Bay in Lyttelton Harbour or a longer remote drive along Valley Road, then on metal Western Road from Little River on State Highway 75.
