Publisearre: 26.05.2017
This river is very impressive because of its milky green/blue color.
We made our next stop in Franz Josef, from where we visited the nearby glacier of the same name.
The west coast is characterized above all by the fact that when looking out to the vast ocean, you have a huge mountain range behind you. This naturally encouraged us to go on our next hike, this time only for two days. We chose the Copland Track, which is 19.4 kilometers long each way and leads to a simple hut in the mountains, right next to the so-called hot pools.
Hot spring water comes out of the ground there and collects in small lakes; definitely the perfect relaxation after a 6-hour, strenuous mountain hike over stocks and stones, or rather rocks. The next morning, we set off around half past 8 and started the descent. This was much easier, despite the danger to our knees and ankles, so it only took us about 4 hours. This record time was partly due to the anticipation of Queenstown, the first larger city in a long time.
After an extremely tasty can of tuna (for a change *cough*), we continued our car journey to our destination, which was 5 hours away, where the legendary Fergburger should already be waiting for us...