Thursday, 18 February 2010

14th Feb
Went on the Haast river on a jet boat ride and did 360 degree spins.After we stopped at a salmon and trout farm for morning coffee and fresh scones.We had a lovely journey through mountains to Queenstown where we had a marvelous apartment suite and the views from the restaurant overlooked Wakatipu lake.
15th Feb
Away from hotel at 7.55am for our Skippers canyon tour , the old gold miners trail, very narrow tracks with extremely steep drops inches away in a 4 x 4. Afternoon looked around Queenstown.
16th Feb
A lie in this morning until 9.30 am , when we went for our open jet boat ride on a narrow canyon river and then came back to town and went up on the gondala overlooking Queenstown where we saw bungy jumping and luge rides and paragliding.In the evening we had an a la carte meal at the hotel.
17th Feb
Left hotel at 7.30 am to Te Anau where we were stopping the night and travelled to Milford Sound and had 2.hr 30 min cruise around the fiord land , seeing whales and seals with wonderful views of the mountains and glaciers.
18th Feb
We started the day with a short ferry crossing to glow worm caves to see the glow worms and fantastic caves with rushing waterin them.After we travelled to Dunedin scottish heritage. The weather has been a little unkind to us taday , raining.

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