These are big driving days but there are plenty of places to stop along the way. Hoki (jade) and one of the biggest towns on the west coast. Stunning scenery down to Ross where we went panning and Paul was bitten by the fossicking bug. We also meet some bigger campers!
From Ross its 100kms to Franz Josef. Unbelievable scenery even in poor weather.http://www.franzjosefglacier.com/ we booked a trek up the face for the following day with these guys. NZD120 per person with the Top 10 discount card. Probably a little too much for some but definitely walk up to the front of it and check it out. Its very easy and flat and spectacular. Stayed in the Top 10 campsite out of town but still within walking distance and it was only NZD28 for 2 people and had great showers (almost as good as Picton). Ate in the Blue Café at the end of the main street (you can’t miss it there is only one street) good value at NZD100 for the 2 of us and they charged 5 dollar corkage-a lot of places out of the main cities do BYO and maybe charge corkage on wine.
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