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Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
A Travel Blog entry by vfrank from Makarora, New Zealand
Today we headed back into the bush which was nice. This time it was hiking in Mount Aspiring National Park and it was an easy, 2 hour FLAT hike as opposed to our last 7 hour plus hiking experience. The weather was a bit iffy the whole time. Drizzly and ...
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Mt.Aspiring/Cable Car
A Travel Blog entry by deveron2 from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
... choice day whereby we were given a choice of eight different events or tours. We had previously assessed these and elected for the Mount Aspiring Guided Walk. This was supposedly a half day tour which would give us a little bit of free time in the ...
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Farewell to Wanaka!
A Travel Blog entry by amillan from Wanaka, New Zealand
... a few nights of cleaning dishes for 8 hours straight I was over it!). Instead I've dedicated about 60 hours a week to Mount Aspiring Hotel. Some days I work 3 different shifts there, but mostly I'll only put in two. I work as a waitress ...
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Day to day in Wanaka
A Travel Blog entry by amillan from Wanaka, New Zealand
... to host a wandering vagabond like me for a few months! As for work, I decided to return to the Mount Aspiring Hotel but this time I'm trying my skills as a receptionist. I mainly work afternoon and night shifts which is perfect for ...
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Fox Glacier Helicopter/Haast RiverJetboat
A Travel Blog entry by deveron2 from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
... between Haast and Makarora. The road passes through predominantly unmodified beech forest. The Pass itself is within the limits of Mount Aspiring National Park and forms part of the boundary between Otago and the West Coast. I'm not sure if the braided ...
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and all in one week...
A Travel Blog entry by global2809 from Queenstown, New Zealand
... cruised down to Wanaka, passing Mount Cook,Southern Alps and Lake Matheson, again absolutely breathtaking scenery! We headed through the Mount Aspiring National Park which is gorgeous. We drove past a few lakes, stopping at Lake Hawea to take pictures ...
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South Island Diary Update
A Travel Blog entry by estherbunny from Havelock North, New Zealand
... ; Then on to Wanaka in the mountains where we found a holiday camp on the shores of the lake at Glendhu Cove from where Mount Aspiring can be seen in the distance and is reflected in the still waters in the evening and the early morning. Monday ...
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First Stop: Queenstown
A Travel Blog entry by danyse.solomons from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
... ; This was one of the most beautiful but windy days ever! We went through braided channels and fabulous forests in Mount Aspiring National Park (a World Heritage area). We came home, had a late lunch/early dinner at Ferburger (GREAT burgers) ...
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We're on a road to nowhere!!
A Travel Blog entry by lisawesty from Haast, West Coast, New Zealand
... then on the way we stopped at Wanaka grabbed a quick bite to eat then on the road past Lake Hawea. Then headed on through Mount Aspiring National Park. We stopped in Haast and it was MUCH smaller than what we thought it would be and there wasn't a lot of ...
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New Zealand - South Island
A Travel Blog entry by mick_and_rach from Christchurch, New Zealand
... down to Wanaka airport and caught a six seater light aircraft to Milford Sound (about 55mins flight time). En-route we flew over Mount Aspiring which was probably the most breathtaking scenery of our entire trip so far. A huge glacier curls down from the ...
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Te Anau/Milford Sound
A Travel Blog entry by deveron2 from Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand
... and its role in demonstrating the earth's evolutionary history. Later, in 1990, Fiordland was linked with Mount Aspiring, Westland and Mount Cook National Parks to form an expanded World Heritage Area - Southwest New Zealand. Avalanches were also ...
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F**king sandflies... Ein Mann ein Ford.
A Travel Blog entry by bjoernski from Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
... während einer 3-4 stündigen Wanderung ganz nahe an den Gletschern vorbeiführt. Dazu müssen wir 50km mit dem Auto in den Mount Aspiring National Park fahren, und im Visitor Centre von Wanaka wird uns mitgeteilt, dass ein grosses Stück davon über eine ...
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Saying goodbye to Mabel
A Travel Blog entry by charliew from Christchurch, New Zealand
... we decided was better because you could see more of the ice than Fox, we headed south and inland and stayed at a DOC campsite in Mount Aspiring National Park, close to the stunning Haast Pass. As an aside, Ben has told me off for my overuse of the ...
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Exploring the South Island of New Zealand
A Travel Blog entry by mshulist from Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
... from rainforest to mountains, to beach forest and great lakes" ... "to Lake Matheson ... through the mountainous Hasst Pass and Mount Aspiring National Park". Sounds great, right ? Couldn't see hardly a thing. Rained and the cloud cover was low. ...
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Wanaka
A Travel Blog entry by mariaandeva from Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
... Fox. Espero que tinguem l'oportunitat de tornar-los a veure des de dalt... fingers crossed! Passarem per Haast i atravessarem Mount Aspiring National Park. Ens aturarem per dinar a un mirador on se'ns mengen les sandflies... son com uns mosquits ...
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Franz Josef to Queenstown
A Travel Blog entry by ktnapper from Franz Josef, New Zealand
... . Our next trip was to Wanaka, and we went through the biggest snow storm i have ever witnessed. This was at Haas pass going into Mount Aspiring National Park. LJ had to get some of the boys to help him put chains on the wheels of the bus so we didnt ...
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On my own again & getting my eat on
A Travel Blog entry by forbes.thompson from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
... more direct than the valley route) over to Lake Wanaka, another resort town with water sports abound and situated right next to Mount Aspiring National Park. Here, I picked up my obligatory cappuccino at Relishes Café – now I was ready to ...
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Wanaka
A Travel Blog entry by penguinmad from Wanaka, New Zealand
... , we said goodbye to the Tasman Sea and headed inland today, we worked our way through the mountainous Haast pass and through the mount Aspiring National Park, we arrived at Wanaka at about 12.30pm and Esther was waiting outside the hostel for me, it was ...
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Two Poms and a Campervan - South Island
A Travel Blog entry by jon_helen from Christchurch, New Zealand
... cable dragging behind us, then took the wrong road for 30km! We drove to the lakeside town of Wanaka, gateway to Mount Aspiring national park, and decided to free camp again, this time in the car park (a local told us it was fine, despite ...
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