We backpacked a "Great Walk"! This is one of New Zealand's nine "premier tracks that pass through diverse and spectacular scenery". As you can see from the photos, we REALLY lucked out on having great weather the entire backpacking trip despite it being the middle of winter here.
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| All the way up to the top we got glimpses of the lake. Photos don't even show half it's beauty. |
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| Always gotta take a selfie on the lookout points. |
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| View from the top. It was COLD AS up there. |
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| A view of the lake from the bottom of the mountain. We went up and down the mountain in one day even though most people take two to do it. |
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| One of the many suspension bridges along the walk. I had a lot of fun running and jumping on these, although I can't say that the others I was with appreciated it too much ;) |
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| The lake was beautiful even when it was overcast. |
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| One of the days, we took an hour long detour off the track to see this waterfall, which was actually a lot bigger than it looks in this photo. |
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| Another suspension bridge. |
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| And we finally made it! On the left you can see the water taxi which took us back to our car. |
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| A shot of the lake from the water taxi. |