Stewart Island

Once we docked on Stewart Island, we stayed a night in a hostel then went on a 3 day trek through the Rakiura national park. 

A rainbow right when we docked on Stewart

One of many small islands along the coast

It rained a lot and most of the time we were walking in mud

sunset from Patersons Inlet on the 3rd night

thick bush

island folk don't take kindly to outsiders



Fishing at Hawea lake

Mount Cook



Near the bottom of our Mueller Mountain trek




Halfway up the mountain, you can see Cook in the distance





At the 1,800 meter summit



Kea birds



Kea



sun setting accross the valley

Mt. Cook

Our campsite, right accross from another glacier, you could hear avalanches during the night

Cook's glacier melting off

new zealand always has crazy clouds