Steffi in NZ

Te Anau - Wanaka - Franz Josef - Westcoast - Nelson - that was our route over the last week - poor ‘Paul’ had to work hard!

Te Anau: 15.10 - 17.10.
We couldn’t do the Kepler and Routeburn Track because of snow, ice and avalanches, so we decided to do a day walk on the Kepler with beautiful weather. The day before we went to Milford Sounds which is awesome - even when it’s raining!. After we met the guys from Wanaka at a camp ground between Te Anau and Milford, we drove back to Wanaka. It really felt like ‘coming home’. It was good to meet everybody and it was a great evening. (18.10.). I’m glad that I’ve got the opportunity to come back next season and I really look forward to coming back.

Franz Josef: 19.10-20.10.
From Wanaka we drove up to the Franz Josef Glacier and which surprise - it was raining again. It looked like half a year ago, when I tried to make a Glacier Tour and they had to cancel it because of to much rain and water in the valley. We wanted to do a full-day tour for the next day, but I was fully booked so we only could do a half-day tour. We had sunshine the whole day- it was awesome!

Westcoast: 21.10.-22.10.
After our awesome glacier tour, we decided to head up the Westcoast. We made a stopover in Greymouth. The next day we drove from Greymouth to Nelson and stopped at the Pancake rocks, where I worked six month ago. We wanted to visit Lisa, the Manager from the hostel where I worked, but she was on vacation, so we drove up all the way to Nelson. It’s a very nice drive up!

Nelson: 22.10. - 23.10.
We arrived in Nelson and which surprise, we met Jeremy who was also at the Wanaka Bakpaka for the whole winter season. The next day, Sam came back from her trip to the Abel Tasman and we had a little ‘Wanaka reunion’.

Today we’re headin’ up to Golden Bay.

Cu later
Stef

More pics:

Kepler Track

Milford Sounds

Franz Josef Glacier

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