We had a long ride from Queenstown, with incredible views of
the Southern Alps, New Zealand’s crowning glory.
We were getting very fed up with travelling by coach that we
took a break and travelled by jetboat on the Haast river for an hour. The river
was glacial as can be seen by the Aquamarine colour which is produced by
glacial ‘flour’ ground away from the rock.
In places it was possible to see glaciation and Rain Forest
living next door to each other.
Overall a great trip with wonderful scenery and towards the
end of the river trip we were treated to 360 degree spins and turns which were
breathtaking, and then the boat sped away up river to pick up the next tour.
Final stop before arriving at the town of Franz Joseph was a
visit to the Fox Glacier which is very long and this close to the sea is full
of rocks and dirty water, no ice at all.
We finally arrive at our hotel, which is very good and
dinner is excellent, back to room to download pictures from our cameras.
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