Hokitika and Arthurs Pass

Kaniere Lake: a beautiful lake embeded in small forest mountains. We walked a short Kahikatea Trail, which is the tallest species in NZ. A stream running along side the path before it ventures of in the middle and at the end a swamp, before reaching the lake again.

Hokitika Gorge: a gorgeous gorge with glacier coloured turquoise water with more suspension bridges than on the suspension bridge walk. We had nice chats with two kiwi women and right after with two spanish women.

Arthurs Pass / Devils Punchbowl: while it was dry but cloudy at the west coast, further in the mountains the rain started. We saw the Devils Punchbowl and walked up until the endless stairs begann. I ran to the viewing platform at the base alone and didn't remember those many stairs. It's going further up, to go quite a bit down before the last stairs up to the base. On the way back we stopped at the Otira Aquaduct, which is a long bridge in a narrow valley. It's an impressive construction, but the weather was unplessant. On the way back we stopped at a glow worm cave spot, but there were no glowworms in daylight.Read more