Another long drive today – all the way to Franz Josef Glacier. But when the views are so amazing it doesn’t feel like a trial, even when the first bit of road is accurately named “The ZigZag”.
We stopped briefly at Wanaka and had lunch at Lake Hawea Lookout then steeled our nerves in Makarora for the drive through the Haast Pass. Because most of New Zealand’s mountains are extinct volcanoes the sides drop away very steeply and the roads are quite narrow. At least they drive on the left like us!
We reached Franz Josef a little after 5pm, checked into our motel and, after dinner, walked up to the Glacier. The ice is made of blue in parts not just white!
Barnaby
We stopped briefly at Wanaka and had lunch at Lake Hawea Lookout then steeled our nerves in Makarora for the drive through the Haast Pass. Because most of New Zealand’s mountains are extinct volcanoes the sides drop away very steeply and the roads are quite narrow. At least they drive on the left like us!
We reached Franz Josef a little after 5pm, checked into our motel and, after dinner, walked up to the Glacier. The ice is made of blue in parts not just white!
Barnaby
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