Blogs from Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

We headed down to Te Anau from Queenstown and had around a week to burn before we started the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand's seven 'Great Walks' which we had booked onto. After a day looking round Te Anau, which is unsurprisingly beautiful being on the fringes of the Fiordland National Park, we decided to take a trip up to the famous Miford Sound and into the park, as we had heard bad forecasts for later in the week, so began our trip as soon as we could. The drive from Te Anau to Milford Sound is stunning (and according to our guide book one of, if not THE most beautiful drive in the world), and we decided to do the trip slowly to really soak it all in. We camped on our first night ... read more

ola chicos! me son fermado en una casa para juveniles, que se llama freccia backpackers... aeh, ja ich sollte wohl dann doch english bleiben, gell fratelli? zurueck zum ernst des lebens. habe heute so was wie eine kleine erkaeltung, steh also komplett neben mir. die letzten beiden tage habe ich ohne dusche verbracht, deshalb die entscheidung, geld auszugeben und in ein backpacker einzuziehen, wenigstens fuer eine nacht. und ich entschied mich fuer jenes mit dem free internet angebot! der haken? ein computer und der funktioniert mehr schlecht als recht. aber was tue ich mir nicht alles fuer euch an, damit ihr wieder mal was zu hoeren kriegt von mir. leider sind die abenteuer schon einige zeit zurueck, bin im moment schon einiges weiter... aber mehr spaeter. diesmal verbrate ich gleich drei themen, damit ich ein wenig ... read more

Partimos hacia la tierra de los Fiordos. Teniamos resevado el paseo a Doubtful Sound para el 10. Asi que fuimos a Te Anau el pueblo mas cercano y paseamos por ahi. ... read more

Hi everyone Well I have about a week to catch up on...havent had Internet availablity for a few days and done a lot of travelling. Last time I was in Queenstown and setting off for Fjoirdland - well yes it was as amazing as everyone says it is. I have been so lucky with the weather too, it was a bit murky at Te Anau but now enought to stop me taking a trip over the Lake and to the Glow worm caves..never seen anything like that before ... a little boat ride inside the caves in complete darkness and silence and glow worms hanging from the rock above...was lovely. Rain that night was good news as you need rain for the waterfalls all the way to Milford Sound. Wot a spectacle...I was lucky to choose ... read more

Ian...(long one!) We left Riverton and the 90% of the tapas meal that we hadn’t managed to eat behind us and set off for Te Anau via the Southern Scenic Route. The view from the van just kept getting more and more impressive the closer we got to our destination. We arrived at our first 5 star campsite and, to be honest, I would have been happy to have eaten my dinner in the toilet block it was so clean! We quickly plugged in the van and went for an explore and to see about picking up our tickets for the walk that we had planned for the day after next and to start the process of buying all the stuff that we would need for the walk. We discovered that Te Anau consists of virtually ... read more