Tag: Wanaka

  • Schist Happens

    But first, the adventures before…Three nights at Glendhu Bay Holiday Park on the shores of Lake Wanaka allowed us to explore this area to the max.  Was the extremely bumpy washboard road and river fords to the 10km Rob Roy Glacier Track worth it? An emphatic YES! And we were treated to a road-grader smoothing…

  • Rivers of Ice Flowing into Subtropical Forests

    We were relieved that we could fill up on fresh drinking water at the Arthur’s Pass Visitor Center and buy gasoline at the local store, as we were depleted in both. A curious Kea (an alpine parrot) bounced around outside the café in front of signs that read, “Please do not feed the Keas,” as…