We pulled into Queenstown for the night and asked the desk manager at the hostel what we should do. He asked if we’d ever been to Glenorchy. We said, “No”, nor had we really even heard of it. His response, “You must go there. It’s only a 45 minute drive”. So we did. Take a look and you’ll see why.
We just stayed the night at Queenstown. Here's the view from our hostel.
Hmm, we're not even there yet, but this is looking promising.
OK, this is definitely looking good.
Even though it was a cloudy day, the scenery was fantastic. The town? Oh, it just had a couple cafes and a couple hostels, but it was all about the scenery.
Spectacular!
Highway along Wakitipu Lake.
And what did we do at the end of the road? Hike, of course. This is where the four-day Routeburn Trail across to Milburn Sound starts.
Colorful forest mushrooms.
And a trail selfie to complete the day.
This is where we started the routeburn track a few days ago. Unfortunately, by the time we got to the other end, we got poured on and there was no pin heading up key summit. Looks like you had pretty nice days on both ends. Lovely meeting the two of you and pleasant travels!
Benj and Maya from the barnyard backpackers