The beginning of the routeburn

The Routeburn

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March 5th 2006
Well after a few days in queenstown, 4 I believe we couldn't wait to get out of there and start doing a track, and we booked the routeburn, which is a "Great walk" that is one of newzealand's most known and busiest walks, that you got to order in advance. The routeburn track starts near queenstown and ends 3 hours by car from it, in the fiordlands, so we had to combine it with another track called ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more