Te Anau Hiking & Biking

We are beat! Yesterday we drove from Queenstown to Te Anau, the gateway to Fiordland National Park, the largest and most remote/undiscovered part of New Zealand. After finding a place to call home for the next couple of days (a "deluxe cabin" might I add with TV?!), we hiked 12 km of the Kepler Track along Lake Te Anau. The birch trees and moss were everywhere as we breathed in the deep the fresh air. We made dinner and watched TV of all things in our warm cabin - I swear it's below 0 at night!

Today we rented a couple of bikes and trekked down to Marapouni, 20km both ways. This is where we will take off early tomorrow morning for a boat ride across the lake, then a bus going further west to the remote and beautiful Doubtful Sound in Fiordand for 4+ hours of kayaking. Then on Friday we will head out of Milford Sound for an overnight boat cruise. We can't wait! Until then...