van wyk journeys
My travel and photographic blog
Queenstown +17, sunny no wind So we arrive at our last day (the real last day is just traveling back home). What a better way to spend our last day but to explore Queenstown. First, we tramp up Queenstown Hill to an elevation of 907 metres. An interesting tramp on steep well-groomed pathways through a …
WARNING MANY PHOTOS IN THIS EPISODE (could have been worse as there were 400+) Tuesday, +15, mixed cloud and sun Wednesday, +18, mixed cloud and sun On Tuesday, we had a short drive from Glenorchy to Queenstown. On the way, we stopped and did our last grocery shopping. We were able to check-in early at our …
+21, sunny, light winds until we hit the pass when it became very windy. Onto Glenorchy for a one night stay at a B&B, a fairly short drive but it is not straight nor flat. This drive takes us through a high country pass on some of the tightest and shortest turns yet. Up to the 1120 …
+13C, light winds and overcast After checkout the following morning, we tramped the Hooker Valley trail at Mt. Cook. This was about 4 1/2 km one way. The last view of Hooker Lake and Hooker Glacier was not as spectacular as other sites seen but it was a nice start to the day. To offset …