Te Wanaka Lodge

... go under the road have names. E.g. Douglas Creek. Who comes up with these names? Dinner at The White House, a nice restaurant in Wanaka. Lovely veggie food and nice wine. Also had an Aberlour whisky. Spoke to some friendly retired bloke who has homes in ...

... que l'on s'est juste croisé la veille au glacier précédent et que finalement nous allons à la même destination, à savoir Wanaka. Après un petite marche vers le glacier et quelques photos de sa vallée, nous reprenons, en cortège, toujours vers le ...

... called Cardrona where I had a look in the river for gold but couldn't see any so got bored and drove on. We got to Wanaka on the shores of Lake Wanaka which has to be the most beautiful lake we have seen and the locals claim it's been ...

... .  Along the way, we checked out several waterfalls and a blue pool.  After arriving in Wanaka, we checked in at the The Wanaka Lodge, a very cozy and homey B&B.  After a quick lunch in town, we set off to explore the area.  First ...

De dag begint bewolkt met een beetje regen. Vandaag rijden we naar Wanaka. Onderweg hebben we verschillende plaatsjes waar we stoppen. De eerste is Monro Beach, waar we een wandeling door het regenwoud maken tot op het strand. Een eindje verder maken we ...

... , I am hopeful that we will see each other again - sooner rather than later. After we left Wanaka, we drove toward Milford Sound, stopping overnight in Te Anau.  The closest accommodations to the famous beauty of Milford Sound which is still another ...

... turqouise lakes. The rain was still holding off, and we went on a little hike around Glenorchy before driving to Wanaka. Arrived in Wanaka, and got the DOC (department of conservation, which owns all the cheap campgrounds and the national parks) to pick ...

... some time with him (the bank account defiantly appreciated it!!!).  We then settled into a quite nice routine, after our induction to Wanaka and a meet and greet drinks night, we were up at 6.30am Mon, Tue, Thur and Fri for training, the bus left ...

... has got its act together with touristy stuff and the other hasn’t.  So Nelson, Taupo, Cambridge (New Zealand), Napier, Wanaka, Queenstown, Hokituka et al, upon arrival feel like when you have to get off the bus in Macclesfield or Woking… ...

... Walk. Arrived home well and truly knackered, but planned to get up really early on Tuesday again. We failed miserably with this and slept till nearly 9am! We wish we had more time in this area - there's just so much to do! We're heading to Wanaka ...

Getting up early, me and Amy started to hitch hike. It took about 10 minutes until someone I knew from Wanaka picked us up an drove us to a place called Frankton, a town just outside Queenstown. From there we aquired a bit if cardboard with "Towards Te ...

... is nothing you want to look at. Being used to South American fit females a ‘la Mendoza, this aspect of NZ is another unpleasant surprise. Free fall of the NZ’s rating stocks continues………. Greetings from Wanaka, New ...

... will be uploaded here at some point in the near future. The drive back was just as good as the one there, as the driver stopped at different spots for more photos. It was well worth the money spent. That afternoon we drove up to Wanaka past Queenstown. ...

... taken.  Anyway, so far I've done a pretty good job of balancing present vs. future, I think. I took a bus directly from Wanaka to Te Anau, from which I planned to visit Milford Sound, one of New Zealand's most popular sights.  I had to change buses ...

We were sad to leave Wanaka today. We really enjoyed our time there but it was time to move on, so, after another of Don's epic breakfasts we were on our way to Te Anau. We crossed the magnificent Crown Range mountains where we could see for miles down a ...

... Okay now you're up to snuff with the basics on fiords.  Our friend Anna Kate (from grade school, now living in Wanaka) suggested we check out Doubtful Sound as it was less crowded than Milford.  Excellent call because it was stunning!  We ...

... decided to start with the Motutapu Trail, which is a 34km backcountry track, over the Cardrona range, from Glendhu Bay ( near Wanaka) to Macetown (near Arrowtown).   We started on Tuesday in Arrowtown, a historic mining town and parked our car ...

... this park was carved by the hand of God himself. I would not doubt that. We left the park with pink cheeks and drove on to Wanaka. Which is where we are now. Wanaka is fantastic. This is where we would live in N.Z. if we could. A fantastic and ...

... , I could actually snowboard and was able to check out every one of the quality runs - then mountain biked round Lake Wanaka before heading to Arrowtown. Arrowtown is a picture-postcard authentic gold mining village, many of the old buildings remain and ...