Te Anau Lodges - Reviews and Rates

We stayed at Manapouri in a little campsite. Really quirky. It was owned by an old couple who had a collection of Morris Minors on site. It was set in the forest and really quiet. The kitchen was good as it had a 'cafe' style area to sit and eat.

next morning we set of on our trip across Doubtful Sound from Pearl Harbour (not as big as t...

Jack; We were First up, except for the crew, still, unexpectedly dark. Views more impressive than daytime , dark halflight misty silhouettes of mountains. Up crooked arm, the most impressive for it's sheer rockfaces and overhangs, Up Hall arm also quite impressive especially for the soggy kayakers. Back to deep cove, back over Wilmot pass and ba...

So on to the big trek. 3-and-a-half days through magnificent landscapes, "the Routeburn Track traverses 32 kilometres of Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks, part of Te Wāhipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area" (www.doc.govt.nz). I tramped with Emilie, my fantastic French-Canadian friend - who was a tower of strength...

We left Dunedin and headed to a town called Invercagill and following some discussion on the way we decided to go to Te Anua instead and spend a few days exploring the sounds (Milford and Doubtful.) We arrived during early afternoon and having plugged Jake in at his latest berth we walked through town (the one street there is !) and down to the ...

Hi, my name is Fjord and I will be your captain today. The first thing I should tell you is that Milton Sound is a fjord. Not a sound. A Fjord is a flooded glacial valley, a sound is a flooded river valley. Note the steep cliff stretching up high from the water and the depth reaches over 300meters. This is all characteristic of a Fjord. Did he s...

Our bus wasn't until 1pm so we had a chance to lie in and take it easy. We went to the wharf before we caught the bus and saw a pod of dolphins. They only stayed for a minute or two but it was still great to see them. Again the journey from Milford to Te Anau was amazing. When we got into Te Anau we took a dander about town and along the lake (f...

I'm tired. I've worked a few twelve hour days and waking up at five AM isn't my idea of fun. I've been working in the buffet picking up dishes and I've been portering. "What's portering", I asked a few weeks ago. The response was something like: "oh, you carry bags to rooms, stuff like that." That sentence actually means that you'll be picking u...