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This area of the South Island is known as the Marlborough Region and is world famous for its white wine production. So one afternoon, Nana treated us to a fabulous wine tasting tour. The kids were rewarded at the end with a tour of the local chocolate factory. You can appreciate the symmetric rows of vines in the valley below.
Next it was kayaking in Queen Charlotte Sound.
Which, of course, ended with Rob going through a hole in a rock.
We had hoped to swim with dolphins but they were out in the open ocean feeding that morning so not around for us to enjoy. We did see the endangered Hector dolphin (but you are not allowed to swim with them) and lots of other wildlife (can you spot the seal?).
Our last adventure, was a 17km hike along the Queen Charlotte Track. This is a 70km multi day backpacking hike that can be split into sections as we did. We took a water taxi to Anakiwa (far left on image below) and spent the day hiking to Lochmara Lodge (near Titoki on image below) where we caught a water taxi back to Picton.
Finally we rest....
We made a very special stop in Whanganui, NZ on our way home to Auckland to visit with the Wahba's (friends from Saskatoon). They will be spending a year there with their young family. It was wonderful to be with close friends and we look forward to seeing them again in February.
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