Rob Roy Glacier Track

Let me just start off by saying today was AMAZING!

I read in my guide book that there is a popular track 30-45 minutes west of Wanaka that is 3-4 hours return. Jon and I set off out of town in my car to the west on a road that quickly turned from tar sealed to gravel. After driving for 30 minutes on the gravel and not seeing any other cars, I came across this amazing herd of deer. Check out the video here:

We kept driving for another 20 minutes on this road that then turned to dirt with river crossings. I said to Jon "If we don't come to a sign for this track in seven minutes(because then it would be a round number on the clock) we must have missed the turn off and we will turn around". When the seven minutes had passed in the distance we could see a green sign, we drove to it and it told us we only had four more kilometres of driving before we could get started. For a popular track this thing was poorly signed.

The track itself was really nice, it started in a field with sheep in the distance and a river running to our right. We followed the river to a suspension bridge (which you can tell from my previous post that I really like crossing) into the woods. One side of the woods had trees and winded up the hill, the other side was a sheer cliff face. On the cliff was this giant waterfall:

At the end of the track were views of the Rob Roy glacier. After the hike we drove back to Wanaka and stopped at the lake to take some quick pictures and came across a guy who was taking his hovercraft out on the lake. Check out the video of that here:

Jon and I drove through a town called Arrowtown, where all of the trees were changing colors for fall and looked pretty spectacular. There was also an elementary school with a jungle gym obstacle course that Jon and I raced on and you can see from this photo who the victor was!

I have one last video today of some sheep running in the street followed by all of the pictures from today.

Click on the picture below to see all of today's pictures:

2012-04-19 Rob Roy