Honeymoon – Jet boating on the Dart river, then cinema on a sofa

I’m still feeding the sandfly population, today’s conveyor belt of swollenness means that I can’t bend my hand! But I have my 4^th finger back which is good. The first bit of our Dart Wilderness safari took us on a 4WD through tracks and rivers. We visited many Lord of the Rings scenes and saw numerous rainbows. Our thanks to Jean-Louis and Danielle, as well as Anne and family, and Sylv and Steve for the fantastic trip.

After the drive, we took a forest walk to look at native trees. It’s quite strange, everywhere we have been to date has had travellers on the road for a while. However, as Queenstown has an international airport, everyone on the trip was so fresh having just arrived in New Zealand. I fed the sandfly as we waited for our next transport, a jet boat. 

We were on the jet boat for 1.5 hours which was amazing. We went up the river, then 360 turns, then back down the river to Glenorcy. All the while, we looked at the most amazing scenery. The river was incredly cloudy due to the flooding, and I was absolutely soaked at the back of the boat, but it didn’t matter, we loved every second. 

We were buzzing after the wilderness safari. We then had to drive to Wanaka over an incredibly steep mountain pass. We arrived in time to watch Les Miserables at the Cinema Paradismo which has sofa’s for chairs which was very comfy. The film was fantastic. I do love a film that has an intermission to stretch the legs. Dinner in Speights Alehouse, then bed. We love Wanaka, much more of an adult Queenstown with quietness and serenity.