For five months we have been living in Christchurch and working hard to put money towards our big trip around the South Island. Just one week ago however, we quit our jobs and now, as we’re coming into the warm seasons we’re about to see all that hard work finally pay off.
From Christchurch we took a ‘week off’ to settle in to our new routine and bring the campervan up to scratch, fixing up little bits here and there and doing the finishing touches it needed. At the same time we were making our way towards Kaikoura and can we just say, what a beautiful town it is with it’s mountains to one side and the ocean to the other.
It’s places like this that we think are too good not to be shared with you guys and so, as of this week we’re creating a new category of articles where you can find our itinery, listing our plans for the upcoming week. We’ll post it every Sunday and then review it at the end of the week - that way you’ll be able to see if we really stuck to our plans or if instead, we simply just got stuck...
With that said then let’s get straight into it! Here’s our plans for the next week:
STARTING POINT - Coes Ford (Free Campsite - Non Self-Contained Allowed)
Monday (07/10/2019)
Burnett Quarry Reserve (by the road)
- Small stone cotage from 1800s
Mt Sommers (6hrs return) - start at Woolshed Creek Car Park
- Miners Track to Woolshed Creek Hut
- Mt Sommers Track (South Side) and back by the Ryolite Ridge Track
Lake Camp or Bowyers Campsite for the night
Tuesday (08/10/2019)
Mt Guy (2,5hrs return)
Mt Edoras Track (45min return)
Wednesday (09/10/2019) - Peel Forest
Big Tree Walk (30min)Mt Peel (5hrs return)
- Ridge Track to the summit
- Deer Spur Track back
Emily Fall (1,5hrs return)
Timaru to see the penguins at dusk (or dawn)
Thursday (10/10/2019) - Lake Tekapo
Church of the Good Shepherd
Lake Tekapo Walk (1,5hrs)
Stargazing Tekapo Springs at 23:15
Friday (11/10/2019) - Lake Tekapo
Mt John (2,5hrs return)
- with the Peninsula Walk (1,5hrs) -> 4hrs
Saturday (12/10/2019) - Lake Pukaki
Breamar Station (nice scenery)
Pukaki Kettle Hole Track (1hr)
Sunday (13/10/2019) - Mt Cook Village
Hooker Valley (3hrs return)
Kea Point Track (1hr return)
Curious how we did following the plan? Check it our in the NEXT ARTICLE ;-)