Wanaka to Fox Glacier

Wanaka Wanaka Wanaka
The drive from Queenstown to Wanaka was beautiful in a new New Zealand way. It felt like we drove through Summer Land, Peach Land, a little bit of Penticton, and a dash of Lilooet. 360 degrees of snow capped mountains and scrub bush and grasses.
Wanaka is a mellower Queenstown (sans $16 cocktails). There [...]

The Milford Road, Routeburn, and on to Queenstown

The Milford Road
We witnessed Milford Sound with spectacularly clear skies on the morning we left for Queenstown. Miranda and I agreed that Milford was more majestic with the fog and rain.
The long and twisty road from Milford to Te Anau was beautiful, and a little scary at times. The Homer Tunnel was particularly ‘fun’. It [...]

Miranda’s Vlogs!

I don’t know why I didn’t post these sooner! Instead of blogging, Miranda has been video blogging or “vlogging” our trip. They’re awesome, so enjoy!
June Adventures

September Fun

October Travels

Walking the Milford Track

 
Four days of tramping! Hah! I still get a kick out of that (‘tramping’); it sounds so much dirtier then just going hiking. Anyways, the Milford track is NZ’s most famous trail, and has been called the “finest walk in the world.” I would have to agree that it was spectacular. At 33.5 miles (53.5Km) [...]

Doubtful Sound 2 Day Kayak Adventure

I really wanted to do a kayak trip while in Fiordland, and had a choice between Milford and Doubtful Sounds. Milford Sound is more well known for it’s spectacular beauty and massive size. Doubtful on the other hand is harder to get to, has a lot less traffic, and offers more of a wilderness experience.  [...]

Fiordland National Park

Taking up a whopping 5% of New Zealand’s land mass, Fiordland National Park is spectacular. More hiking and camping for us- yay!
Fiordland is aptly named – the steep glacial carved mountains drop into deep green seas. With nearly 8m of rain a year, we have been SO lucky to have a handful of blue skies [...]

The Catlins – New Zealand’s Forgotten Coast

Nugget Point
The coastal drive along the south-east corner of New Zealand is often overlooked by travelers, but we found it spectacular for day hikes and camping. I think having a car is essential though because the big bus companies don’t go this route.
Driving south from Dunedin, Nugget Point was our first stop. Home of New [...]

Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula

All these lambs may be cute, but they’re starting to cramp our style! We had plans for a couple of really cool hikes in Dunedin, but when we got there we found out that the tracks had been closed for lambing season because they were on private land. Bummer.
Instead, we spent an afternoon [...]