We only had two days in the Fiordland area, but we wanted to cram in as much as we possibly could. We woke up early, drove down to Milford Sound and went on a fantastic boat tour. After our boat tour had finished, we both fancied stretching our legs. I had read that ‘if the weather is fine’ the Key Summit day hike would be pretty and fun. We were expecting more rain, but after being soaked by waterfalls, we…
There are quite a few things to do near Te Anau. We booked our amazing visit to the Te Anau Glowworm caves in advance. But we arrived so early, that we had a couple of hours to do something else before heading over to meet the glowworms. We’re always up for stretching our legs, so we decided to walk on a short Kepler Track day hike. We made a plan to hike in the trees on the way to Rainbow Reach…
Tramping through Mordor You may have noticed that this blog went very quiet for a couple of weeks. This was because Marc and I visited New Zealand for my lovely friend Kendra (and her awesome fiancée Mitch)’s wedding. The thing is, once you’ve flown that far, you might as well go on some hikes and see the Kiwi scenery! One of the tramps (the Kiwi word for hikes) that I was most keen to try, is the super famous Tongariro Crossing….