Te Anau Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We headed south to Te Anau after Queenstown because it's the jumping-off point for excursions to Milford Sound. Te Anau itself doesn't have much to see, but there were a couple things to do int he surrounding area.

We decided to get up early the first morning we were there and hike the first part of the Kepler Track, which was going to ta...

All things come to those that wait and the start of my last day in Queenstown saw the cloud lift so that the full beauty of the ring of mountains around the town could be appreciated. I decided to take the cable car to the top of Bob's peak, 452m above the town where you can take in fabulous views and for those far braver/foolish than I, jump of...

The normal route to Fiordland from Invercargill is inland and no sea side towns but we chose to travel the coast road. When you hit Lourneville just out of Invercargill turn right and head towards Riverton, it takes about 30 minutes to reach "The Riveria of the South" as the sign post describes it. This is a photo stop worth making, long sandy b...

Stayed in Te Anau for two nights so we could see Milford Sound. Milford Sound was incorrectly named as a "Sound". Sounds are formed by water erosion. It should have been called Milford Fjord because it was carved by ice. That's today's geography lesson. We did two dives there. Washed our wet suits under a waterfall, saw dolphins, seals and lots ...

Had a great stay at a B&B with a Maori couple out in the country...so nice and helpful....we really enjoyed our stay there.....although the town was very touristy....so we were glad to be out of the town. We are headed to Millford sound by car.....very scary road lots of twists and turns....but oh what a view. We took a boat trip which was a...

Hitching to Te Anau from Invercargill was pretty easy even though it was raining, that's what rain gear is for after all. Te Anau is quite close to Milford Sound and is also the second largest lake in New Zealand. There weren't that many people staying there as most people do a day trip from Queenstown to Milford Sound, skipping out Te Anau. Thi...

After the Canyon Swing we all headed for Te Anau, which is a good base for exploring the area of New Zealand known as Fiordland. I'm not sure why they've misspelt it, especially as it's supposedly to make up for the misnaming of the fjords in the area as sounds (Milford and Doubtful being the most famous ones). But anyway, nice place. We went ou...

So, small panic this morning, our bus was supposed to be at the hotel by 10:15/10:30 to take to catch a bout to catch a bus to take the cruise. Well at about 10mins to 11 I started walking to the Real Journeys office to make sure we weren't forgotten and was a little over a block away when I heard mom calling me and saw the big bus pulling up (m...

We dropped Boris (ZP8900) our hire car saved by Noah on the Ark, back in Queenstown. This gave us an opportunity to check out Queenstown and walk up to the Gondala station and have a ride on the luge (not too dangerous there were children going faster than me). An glitch in our transport arrangements saw us on the Lord of the Rings tour bus to g...

Well I've been travelling for a year now - I've been collecting lots of inspirational quotes and stories along the way. I'm not sure who the author of this one is, but it sums up rather well the last year for me: Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort purpose, teach you a...