Okarito Beach House
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West coast of the South Island
Sun 31---After breakfast we left Queenstown and drove across the mountains at Cardrona Saddle. Along the way w e stopped for a short hike on Mt Crichton, past a gold miner's cabin and to a viewpoint overlooking one of the many cinematic areas used in the Lord of the Rings movies. After our hike we stopped in Arrowtown for lunch, we had meat pies …
Punakaiki
It is not a sunny day as yesterday, so before leaving Westport, we will go to Countdown to refill our food & drink bags, then we go to see a seal colony at Tauranga Bay, a piece of coast continuously punished by the waves, but surprisingly full of life. We can see many seals, adults, babies...although the weather is not inviting to walk the …
Full day today
Woke up to gray, cloudy skies today – where did our nice weather go?
After a quick breakfast and coffee we headed into town to the grocery store to pick up supplies for the next few days. Heading into rather unpopulated places so thought we'd stock up. Another quick stop at the glass blowing gallery for a couple of souvenirs and …
Fox Glacier Heli Hike
I have been waiting for today to arrive and it finally has! I was going to get on a helicopter for the first time and I was so excited. And not only that I was going to see the Glacier. Last time I went to see a Glacier was in Canada and no Helicopter was involved and the Glacier was so flat that we drove on it with big buses! This was going to be …
First view of Mt Cook on this trip
Weather today was worst so far, cloudy and raining.
Went back to view the blowhole at Pancake Rocks at high tide when you see the effect at its best. We ended up looking like drowned rats but we had to see it.
Long drive to Hokitika Gorge which was so beautiful even in the rain (like so many places in NZ) - the water was such an intense turquoise blue, worth getting another soaking ...
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