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Helen Parsons
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Buller Gorge ▷
Buller Gorge Swingbridge
We did the swing bridge and loop walk.
It was good value. The swing bridge walk is exciting and gives a good view of the gorge, and the loop walk provides interesting information about earlier earthquake activity, floods, and gold mining history.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Britz Campervans
Despite being booking 9 months in advance, the van we hired was tired and worn, although mechanically sound.
The house battery could not hold a charge for longer than 8 hours. Britz sent us to three different towns in an attempt to get a replacement. This was over two days. As a consequence of the battery failure we were forced to use caravan parks.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Franz Josef ▷
Franz Josef Glacier Walk
The walk to the Glacier viewing point is well worth doing.
There are waterfalls to see on the way, the river running through the valley has chunks of ice which have come off the Glacier giving a feeling of close proximity to the Glacier. The whole place gives you a sense of the power and wonder of nature.
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South Island ▷ Stewart Island ▷ Halfmoon Bay ▷
Ulva Island
This is one of many walks in and around Stewart Island.
The track was well maintained, the views from the beaches were beautiful. I would like to do more walking on Stewart Island itself.
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Doubtful Sound ▷
Doubtful Sound Day Cruise
We went on a cruise to Stewart Island with a nature walk, a daytime cruise on Doubtful Sound and a cruise on Milford Sound.
Each activity was punctual, professionally done with well informed guides. Value for money although not cheap.
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Dunedin ▷
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum
This is a fantastic museum, not only because of the displays, interactive and real, but because of the way the museum incorporates new buildings with the old Victorian and a 1930s bus station.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Franz Josef ▷
Franz Josef Glacier Guides
Valley walk - this was a waste of money.
Apart from a short walk through rainforest on a path not open to the public, the walk to the glacier was on a DOC path with some geological information provided by a guide.