Queen Charlotte Track Picton

So after the free breakfast at the hostel and a quick call home to make sure my friend Jenn was OK after splitting up with her fiance, I called up the Cougar Line office to make sure that todays trip was still going ahead.

It was, so I went to find Hazel to tell her the good news, she was in the kitchen eating her own breakfast, so as I …

What an action packed day!

Today's experience was one of the most memorable. We swam with the dolphins! We actually swam really close and for a long period of time with the dolphins. This was an incredibly moving experience with Mother Nature that will be difficult to properly capture in words. We have pictures and a video but this will …

... open towards the end, so I had a reinvigorating shower before calling it a night. I'd certainly enjoyed walking on the Queen Charlotte Track again, and more importantly, so had Mum and Stu. We'd had a lovely first week together, experiencing some ...

... with clear skies above us. We hike 24 kilometers from Punga Cove to Portage Bay over the gorgeous ridge of the Queen Charlotte Track. Some of the most glorious scenery ever with 365 degree views of emerald green valleys, Paul Newman blue lakes, lush ...

... on the Magic bus to Wellington, I met Helen from the UK who had arranged a four day mountain bike/hiking trip through the Queen Charlotte Track, one of the long distance hiking trails in the Sound. She asked if anyone on the bus wanted to join in, so ...

... in the scenery. Another trip to the Information Centre followed, as I've decided to spend a few days doing the 71km Queen Charlotte track. You can only get to the beginning via a water taxi, but they also transport your main backpack to your chosen ...

... me of a Musoka lake with many mountainous islands, however these waters were salty. I did a day of mountain biking on the Queen Charlotte track. After 5.5 hours of solid peddling, my saddle area was so sore that it was swollen, if I would have sat on a ...

... as I've only seen the place in Winter. Due to the dreariness of the day all Hazel and I did was book onto our Queen Charlotte track walk for tomorrow (when the weather should be better) and then have a wander around the small town, we were going to take ...

... It was a beautiful place next to the best bakery I've ever tasted. Picton is in the Marlborough Sounds where you can go on thje Queen Charlotte track either by bike or walking. As I had hurt my back I decided to get a water taxi up the coast to the end ...

... des bolasses ou fire poi... 10/02/09: Préparation de mon trek. 11-12-13/02/09: Tramping en solo sur le Queen Charlotte Track. 3 jours, 2 nuits, 71 km. Le Queen Charlotte Track est une randonnée au coeur de la montagne et au bord de la mer. ...

... than expected and in the end we ran out of time to do the wine route, opting to drive the Queen Charlotte track between Havelock and Picton instead. This was an unexpected highlight of our trip. The 40km winding road fringed with native forest was ...

3 days- 55k- 34 miles- SOLO! Amazing scenery- beautiful rain forests, gorgeous lush valleys, brilliant ocean blues, super posh accomodations, lookouts from where Captian Cook first discovered whats known as The Marlborough Sounds- totally spectacular! ...