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<\/a> \nThe ride to Franz Josef glacier was a windy uphill downhill 5 hours. We had an early dinner and asked the hotel to borrow some torches for a night walk instead. Again with locals recommendation we changed our route to hopefully see glow worms in the wild. We were not disappointed and saw many of the tiny twinkling lights on the way back in the dark. Funny a couple came walking up to us whilst we stood watching them and asked where they were. We showed them, so the woman turned on her headlamp to get a better look… Say no more!<\/p>\n
The weather turned bad overnight and the morning walk we had planned was not possible and had a long 7 hour drive ahead. In torrential rain for most parts the narrow windy roads were not the same enjoyment and pretty scary at times as the waterfalls came out of the rocks around you. Our next stop was Nelson and we arrived safely for the rain to stop and the sun to come out. <\/p>\n
In Neson we had booked a treat for dinner in the Boat Shed cafe. An small old boat shed on stilts over the sea with the best fresh seafood. Sat in the terrace with the best view we enjoyed a fantastic meal and was a great evening and much needed after such a long day. <\/p>\n
The next morning we were up bright an early, picnic packed and off to the Able Tasman national park. We drove to where we could catch our boat into the park to start our walks. A small bumpy boat took us to our destination but not before Andrew the captain had taken us to see different sites as well as being surrounded by swimming seals and penguins. <\/p>\n
Next morning was a unbelievable drive to Picton down the Queen Chartotte drive. We lost count of how many curves there were on this road and some of the views were stunning. <\/p>\n We set off from Queenstown in the sunshine for our next destination of Franz Josef. Stopping for a coffee en route, the owner gave us a handful of hints where to go on the way. Can’t beat local knowledge, blue pools, rope swing bridges, various waterfalls and beautiful walks. The ride to Franz… Continue reading Last of the South Island<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worldwind-trip-around-the-world-in-72-days","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtravels.britswissmix.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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\nWe arrived on the most stunning beach. Only one other couple who came on the boat with us. The walk was only a few hours before we would get picked up by another boat on a different beach but it was stunning and time to enjoy beaches and swing bridges on the way. We came across a bird which mimicked when you whistled and had an unusual conversation together for some time. <\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nWe loved this place and is on our list to explore more if we go back again. It’s a fantastic area and lots more to do and can do a 4 day hike with some canoeing too. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSadly that was the end of the South Island for us and as we hopped on board the Interislander ferry to Wellington we both said we would definitely like to go back. South Island we loved you!<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"