Mount Aspiring Hotel Wanaka

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... stateside. Wanaka has many other museums previously seen and Mt. Iron, a tremendous walk with sweeping views of the town and Mount Aspiring. The latter has a number of activities but honestly I was lazy and only walked my normal 15k per day in and around ...

... 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 ...

... great.  The weather was warm with a bit of a cold wind, but it was very sunny!  As an aside, Lake Wanaka is about 311m deep and its surface is about 100m above sea level.  We also saw Mount Aspiring, which is usually cloud covered. ...

... 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 great. After I ...

... 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 Schotterpiste führt. Naja, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ; 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . Very proud of what we had achieved and the fantastic views that we had of the Makarora Valley stretching out to Wanaka Lake and Mount Aspiring National Park made it all worth while. Had tea and then Rach collapsed while Mick read his book. 8th ...

... other end of main street. Checked in and found the place ok. Nice sites & ok facilities, but not as good as the Aspiring in Wanaka. SquawJenny and I decided to do the &.00pm Glow-worn Tour, so we went back to the nearby hotel for tea. What a ...

... , though the latter isn’t essential), back up went the tent, on went the walking boots, and off went we to Mount Aspiring National Park.  Our hearts were lifted with a beautiful drive in through the valley, alongside a wide gravel-filled ...

... and is nestled on the shores of a stunning clear lake with breath-taking views of the surrounding mountains, including the towering Mount Aspiring. From here we decided to go via the west coast to Franz josef glacier which is a approximately 284kms (177 ...

... 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.  ...

... down the last stretch of the West Coast Road stopping at popular scenic spots along the way. Then we head into Mount Aspiring National Park and arrive in the awe-inspiring destination of Wanaka in the afternoon. WANAKA TO QUEENSTOWN A short but ...

... 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 ...