Wanaka Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Once again, we were confronted with an early start. This would have been a piece of cake had we not spent the majority of the night partying and gone to bed at a reasonable hour. But not to any ones surprise this hadn't happened. Once we were safely on the bus there was then a bit of a panic when we realized some of the boys hadn't woken up yet ...

Weil ich ja schon beschlossen hatte, meinen Skydive in Wanaka (angeblich das schoenste Panorama der Welt) zu machen, hab ich das natuerlich auch zeitig vorgebucht und war ja auch schon ein bisschen aufgeregt. Wanaka is auch wirklich ein richtig schoener Ort. Am Morgen meines Skydives war es allerdings so windig, dass ich echt schon dachte, der m...

Happy New Year! Well, have now been in NZ since New Year celebrating my mum's wedding and generally fattening up and refuelling for the rest of our trip. The contrast coming from being on the boat with water rations and basic food supplies to mountains of cake, biscuits and cheese has been interesting - you'd think Justin and I had been starved ...

hello everyone! well it's been a busy week or so! i left picton for the abel tasman national park with my stray bus, and it's been on the go ever since. abel tasman national park is famous for it's beautiful beaches and nice walks. i had a great opportunity to go on a full day sailing trip, which was so much fun. we had a beautiful day for it - ...

The road from Fox Glacier to Wanaka is the most scenic of a drive I've seen so far. It is like a scenic rollercoaster with beach and cliff views waiting behind every turn. It took us 8.5 hours to cover the 300km, since we were making photo stops every 15 minutes or so. Well worth it though. *** WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a ...

well, I DID IT!!! i payed hard earned cash to throw myself out of a plane at 15,000 feet and free falling for a long 60 sec over beautiful scenary. as you can see from the photos it was very high, and very cold!!!!! it was amazing though and over far too quickly. i would recommend it to all! (although perhaps not to the older generation reading ...

We'll be coming back to Wanaka - weather willing - so I won't give you too much story-telling now (particularly as we're about a week behind as I type this - bad form, I know). Actually, I'll probably invoke the fact that we've already been here to avoid writing too much for the next Wanaka entry as well but since I'm playing catch-up I'll use w...

Hi all Up very early this morning which is why I'm emailing before most people have even thought about breakfast! Woke up to heavy rain and it's the first bad weather I've seen which is not bad considering we're going into winter. Good job we did the heli-hike yesterday as it looks like the rain is here for the next few days. There's heavy black...

I forgot to mention a screeching fanbelt in my list of vehicular defects. Took the passion wagon to the local garage who pointed out that it was a Nissan Serena (not a Ford Laser, despite what it says on the key ring!). "Good cars," he said, "when they are going well!" He also pointed out that to do anything with the engine involved taking all t...

We loved Franz Josef and as we left we made our way south to Fox Glacier, we did the Glacier Valley Walk which bought us out at the terminal of Fox Glacier - it was nowhere near as steep as Franz Josef - but it was as visually stunning. We filled up with petrol in Fox and headed down towards Haast on a road past wild west coast vistas before we ...