Midsemester break: Hiking in Wanaka

After two intense weeks @ school with midsemester tests, assignments to hand in, papers to write ie working 24/7, the midsemester break was warmly welcomed when it finally hit us on monday. We'll be spending the next week in the very southern part of the south island. With Adrenaline Capital Queenstown as our base, we'll try to explore as much as we can of the Otago area. The next couple of days we'll spend in Wanaka

Wanaka is a town in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, adjacent to the outflow of the lake to the Clutha River. It is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. Wanaka is primarily a resort town but has both summer and winter seasons and is based around the many outdoor oppurtunities.

We are primarly here to hike and maybe do some mountain biking and/or rock climbing. Yesterday we warmed up with a 2hr hike to Mt. Iron, and today we did an 8hr tramp to Mt Roy and Mt Alpha. Some pictures are found below. So far,we've been really lucky with the weather. Autumn is coming to New Zealand, which means we are prepared for rain- and snowstorms the next week.

Christian on his way from Mt Roy (in the back) to Mt Alpha

The mandatory "Jihaa! I made it!"-picture

Mari enjoying her lunch on top of Mt Alpha

Hmmm...where shall I go now?

Some of the climbing up to Mt Alpha was pretty steep - and very fun!

Mari on her way up the steep slopes of Mt Roy

Christian having a rest behind a rock

LoTR-inspired posing.

Mari on the top of Mt. Roy

I could get used to views like this

Our breakfast view. No kidding, this is what it looks like from our backpackers'.

Purple Cow Backpackers, our hostel in Wanaka

Mari on her way up Mt. Iron

Christian thinking about how much more he loves being outdoors than indoors having midsemester tests

On top on Mt. Iron monday afternoon

Christian showing off holding a house with his thumb in front of Puzzleworld.