Showing posts with label national park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national park. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 July 2015

Fabulous Fiord land National Park

This is a truly beautiful place you must visit. There are about 14 National Park in New Zealand with beautiful, natural scenery and activities. Fiordland National Park is established in 1952 is now over 1.2 million hectares in size surrounded by mountain, lakes, fiord and rainforest environments with an area of 12500 KM2. There is limited human activity in Fiordland. Have an amazing experience with Milford, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds while visiting fabulous Fiordland National Park. You can also take a beautiful scenic flight over Fiordland National Park.



Activities to do in Fiordland National Park

1) Visit Honey fields Alpacas Farm:
You should learn more about farm and the animals. You can buy honey as well.

2) Doubtful Sound:
Have an incredible experience with Doubtful Sound Cruise. Stay overnight at Cruise and immerse yourself in the vast and untouched wilderness

3) Te Anau Glowworm Caves:
Te Anau Glowworm Caves offers an underground adventure which attracts visitor of all ages.

4) Lake Te Anau:
Lake Te Anau is a beautiful place where to sit on grassy mound, drink a glass of Champaign and watching Sunset with your partner.

5) Te Anau Wildlife Park:
Visit Te Anau wildlife Park, where you find friendly kaka, native New Zealand birds, kereru(native pigeon), pukeko (blue flamingo), tui, kea, kakariki, takahe and weka. Te Anau Wildlife Centre run by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and takes special care of rare, endangered or injured birds.

6) Dusky Track:
Dusky Track is a weather permitting activity. You need to challenge yourself which can endure adversity, isolation, hip deep mud, sheer ascents and descents, while you feel all 4 seasons in one day. Finally, when you finish love this adventure pain.

7) Mitre Peak:
Try to get marvellous views of Sunrise and Sunset from Mitre Peak Lodge. Even if it rains, you will find waterfalls everywhere.

8) The Chasm:
Chasm is a place where the Cheddau river disappears between a narrow gorge forming a beautiful waterfall. Come and visit some of the sweet looking, fun loving, friendly looking parrots.

9) Fish Jet: Jetboat + Fishing = Fish Jet Fiordland 
Fish Jet is a unique Te Anau activity where you get a chance to do fishing, jet boating, adventure and adrenaline.

10) Fiordland Penguin:
Come and visit Fiordland Penguins which has brownish red eyes, pinkish-white legs and blackish brown behind and on the soles. They can be seen on landing beaches during July-December. Penguin populations can be considerably in range and numbers since human arrival.

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Photo Credit to - Gilbert van Reenen

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

The West Coast is home to some of the world’s most beautiful scenery and the National Parks are a great way to explore this untouched beauty. Tai National Park established in 1960, the centenary of the European settlement of Westland District, and covers 1160 kms2


Westland Tai Poutini National Park, situated on the Western Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Tai Poutini National Park can be explored from Franz Josef or Fox Glacier. It is the proud home of over 60 Glaciers including Franz Josef and Fox Glacier villages. From its highest point in the snow capped mountains of the Southern Alps you are rewarded with a visual feast encompassing, ancient forests, crackling blue glaciers, pristine rivers, lagoons thriving with birds and an immense stretch of untouched coastline. It also remains of gold mining towns along the coast. Tai Poutini is the very popular National Park to visit a bunch of walking tracks, biking trails on mountain, daring ski slopes and an area of fossicking gold.  Between the glaciers and the sea the park is a bird watcher’s paradise. The best way to appreciate Tai Poutini National Park is to take to the air, the Twin Glacier Scenic Flight, takes you to both glaciers for amazing views before you are landing at the head of either Franz Josef or Fox Glacier for a precisely memorable snow landing.

Activities

Camping
Climbing
Hunting
Kayaking and canoeing
Mountain biking
Skiing and ski touring
Walking and tramping

Facilities

Opening hours for the centre are:

Summer: 8.30am to 6.00pm (late October to mid April)
Winter: 8.30am to 5.00pm

There are lots more must visit places in New Zealand, visit New Zealand Travel Blog for more information

Photo Credit to : Julian Apse