Sara's first full day in Queenstown and she didn't actually stay in Queenstown (lol) instead she went off to discover Milford Sound. It was a 5 hour coach drive over with lots of stops for photo ops along the way and then a 2 hour cruise on the Mitre Peak Cruise boat. No dolphin spotting, but lots of fur seals, rainbows, and waterfalls. The weather was perfect, sunny with off and on clouds. Sara is still in amazement of the colour of the water, her camera doesn't do it justice! It was an all day trip and she was exhausted when she got home last night, but managed to go out to dinner ta 8pm with Doug, Kory and Alexis who were staying in the same room that night.
Today, she had a bit of a catch up on sleep and didn't get up till 9am! Having nothing official planned for the day, she wondered around town, booked a 2 hour horse ride for Sunday afternoon and grabbed some lunch before heading off to the Kiwi Birdlife Park. She spent a few hours there, learning about Kiwis and other native birds of New Zealand. She arrived just in time for the Kiwi feeding, so she was able to see the Kiwi up close. Very hard to do in real life as they are shy nocturnal birds. She also got to meet a tuatara, the closest thing to a living dinosaur. It has a third eye on the top of it's head which we can't see, but it can detect light & dark through it, so it can see if predatory birds are flying overhead - pretty cool huh?
After the bird park, she headed up the gondola to take in the views of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. She also hiked the skyline loop track for even more stunning views of the lake & the Remarkable mountain range, which is starting to become snow capped.
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