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13,942 Steps Buckle up buttercups, today will be a long one! Today is my birthday, and I truly believe I have someone or something looking out for me. Yesterday I finished off the blog with a sad note that today’s tour to Milford Sound was cancelled since the Milford Highway being closed due to an avalanche […]
Read More11,715 steps This morning started with a room cleanup and repack, then a quick breakfast in our usual spot on the beach with our bakery snacks to say goodbye to this spectacular view. Once the car was packed and keys were dropped off, we headed towards the gondola that we’ve had in view since we […]
Read More17,546 steps We had a lovely sleep in this morning, but when we were hungry enough, we got up and headed out to find some breakfast from Fergbaker. We picked up a pie, almond croissant and a coffee and headed back down to the beach front to enjoy the views while we ate, sharing the […]
Read More2,122 km travelled 12,989 steps Today was finally the day! Our bags were packed, our alarms were set for 3.15, we hopped on a flight at 6.20 and we made our way to our first New Zealand stop – Queenstown. We were told by so many people how incredible the views were going to be […]
Read MoreYou know what? I usually post a wrap up of our trip from both my own and thatcurioustwo’s POV, but Drew has summed up our experience perfectly. I can’t add a thing to his account. Please enjoy. I think that there are very few things I will do in my life that will compare to […]
Read MoreThis morning we had an unexpected morning drive on the way to the airstrip, one last opportunity to tick off our Big Five. Spoiler, we didn’t, and we didn’t actually see too much, but it was nice to get out one last time. We spent some time exploring newly re-opened roads after the rains we’ve […]
Read MoreWell, today is our last full day, our last push to see all that we want to see. Perhaps the mythical Shleopard? A pangolin? I count myself lucky, with or without checking off everything on our list. Saying that though, we had a pretty full day of sightings! In our morning drive we saw: We […]
Read MoreIt is better to spot the rock than miss the lion Emile This mornings drive was split into two parts, a drive and a bush walk! We drove a short while to get to the area we were going walking, but along the way we saw: We stopped on the side of the road, we […]
Read MoreToday was a day where we were ticking off animals on the reserve checklist. We didn’t set out on our drive with that as the goal, but we spent a lot of time meeting a bunch of Morukuru’s birds and critters. We set out chasing those two stealthy lion boys down by the river. We […]
Read MoreThis post contains images of recent kills. Be aware of that if you choose to continue reading. I think the group is more coffee than flesh with how much we are consuming this trip. Once we were caffeinated, we jumped in the car and headed out on what ended up being a pretty incredible drive. […]
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