Dinner at the Ale House

We wish every tour would end like this

Speights Brewery

On our way to Dunedin

Mount Cook (approx 3800 m)

Hooker Valley track at Mount Cook

lakeside walk at Tekapo

On our way to Lake Tekapo

Some more Akaroa

Akaroa

Christchurch

Kaikoura Winery

We left Kaikoura on a misty morning, but not entirely until we had visited the local winery located on a hilltop. A cheese platter and six wines later we headed down to Christchurch, where we made a brief stop to do a city tour with the old tram.

Next visit was to Akaroa, the old French city once claimed by one of the first European settlers. Even the street names were in French!

Eager for some more great walks we then headed to Mount Cook, with stops at Lake Takapo and Lake Pukake, known for their turqoise waters. Once on the foot of Mount Cook we did the Hooker Valley track - an easy four hour walk to the spot where the mountain ice melts.

Now we are in Dunedin. Yesterday we took a tour of the 100+ year old brewery Speights, followed by a dinner at the adjacent Ale House. The journey continues...