Blogs from Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 5

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

Geo: -45.4151, 167.718We've had quite the two-day adventure to share with you all! Yesterday we awoke in Queenstown to glorious sun, breakfasted on fresh eggs from the market, and shopped around the very spendy but very trendy town--a cross between Sun Valley and Jackson Hole, perhaps. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the temperature only climbed. We purchased gondola tickets to ride to the top of the mountain, which afforded a striking view of the Remarkable Mts. (aptly named), blue Lake Wakatipu in a horseshoe shape around the spit of land that is Queenstown, and all the extreme adventure sports you can imagine witnessing in one spot: paragliding, parasailing, bungy jumping, luge riding, sailing, fishing, mountain biking, canyon swinging... You name it, someone was doing it within eyesight. We then jumped on the luge--a ... read more

Hello! After spending 7 of the past 8 days hiking in the New Zealand bush, I arrived back in Queenstown this afternoon, which feels a bit jarring with its multiple streets (like 4...hahah) jammed with picture snapping tourists and neon signs designed to compel you to impulsively throw yourself out of a plane or off of a bridge. Actually, I am quite glad to be here. Queenstown is definitely a hub for travelers, locals, and all sorts in between and vibrates with the excitement of people experiencing and seeing things for the first time. It is a busy town but you can easily jump in the lake or climb up a mountain and be away from it all in moments. Three other backpacking friends of mine are serendipitously here currently as well (as I discovered in ... read more

Well it wouldn't be a trip to Fiordland without a cruise on either Doubtful or Milford Sounds. So starting with Doubtful... Stevie & I booked an overnight cruise on the Tutoko. This involves a 50 min boat trip across Lake Manapouri (good fun in a fast water taxi), then a scenic coach trip along the Wilmot Pass which is an improbable road in beautiful scenery built at great expense for the construction of the Manapouri power station. The Tutoko was a great boat and there was plenty of space on it for the nine of us (seven passengers, Richard the Skipper and the ever-cheery Niall). The benefits of being on a small boat were immediately apparent as we were warmly welcomed with some chilled bubbly and got underway. After a bit of cruising and some cheese ... read more