Travel Blogs from Otira, New Zealand

Fox & Franz Joseph Glaciers to Otira - Day 271

A travel blog entry by christosp

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... from the settlement and surrounding walking tracks. Will hopefully see for myself in the morning if the weather continues to be fine and clear. I'm not expecting the weather to hold though, remember I'm in soggy New Zealand, could snow tomorrow, who ...

Avalanche Peak

A travel blog entry by pete-r

... from dehydration and sore feet, but had a splendid afternoon. Keas delayed us somewhat on the descent, but that's the point; we're in New Zealand. We then drove down the other side of the pass, which is steep in places, to the Otira Hotel. We camped ...

population of 57

A travel blog entry by dna

Otira is a tiny hamlet, (when I say tiny, I mean tiny) nestled in the Mountains of Arthurs Pass National Park, New Zealand. Originally built as a railway village in 1923, it was once a pretty busy railway settlement with passenger trains, a station ...

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A travel blog entry by ayalian

בבוקר זה עשינו סיור בעיר אומראו שם ראינו ...

Over the Alps to Otira.

A travel blog entry by jokertrekker

A long Day. We went to Otira via Geraldine, Rakaia Gorge, Springfield, Porter's Pass, Castle Hill, Arthur's Pass, and returning Via Cass and State Highway one, 600k's in One ...

1080 and all that

A travel blog entry by heleng2

... Greymouth which is one lane only and shared with a railway line...) Taking a swift turn to a cute little hostel in the tiny settlement of Otira, we were treated to the real 'blaze of glory' - the rata is in full flower on the slopes. We've never seen it ...

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