We took a 10+ hour Coach Ride from Christchurch to Queenstown, stopping in Mt. Cook for lunch. As usual, the trip starts in farm country with the mountains in the background, then moves further up into the mountains before heading back to the valley. The turquoise lakes are due to silt from the glaciers. We experienced sunshine, rain, and snow during the trip.
Lots of photos here - we were on that bus for a LONG TIME. Fortunately, there were only about 15 people on the tour with us (predominantly Japanese tourists - New Zealand seems to be a popular destination).
We saw lots of sheep, but not too many lambs - probably just a week or two early.
This is a very famous church alongside the lake on the way to Mt. Cook. Could easily spend a few hours here taking photos - unfortunately, it was raining when we made our stop.
We made one of our "rest" stops in the little town of Geraldine. A good thing about the coach tour is they stop about every 90 minutes or so for a quick break.
The coach was quite comfortable - and there were lots of extra seats. Made it easy to hop back and forth to catch the sights on either side.
We circled the lake (have to look up the name), so lots of different views.
You can see it's snowing at Mt. Cook. We never did actually see Mt. Cook, but that's common in the winter as it gets fogged in easily. This was another area worth a longer visit.
Don't ever say I don't put photos of me in these blogs ...
The Hermitage Lodge at Mt. Cook - a good place to start if you want to do the 3 day Hike to Milford Sound (maybe next time :) )
Lou found some more ducks (birds?)
On the way from Mt. Cook to Queenstown ...
It started to get dark, so there were fewer photo opportunities for the last couple hours of the journey. Most people slept the last leg of the journey.
About 45 minutes outside of Queenstown now - lots of new wineries in this area.
Coming into Queenstown - this is the beginning of Lake Wakatipu.
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