A friend and I decided to have a go at Wild Wire Wanaka during Chinese New Year 2019. It’s basically climbing up a waterfall via ferrata, which is basically using steel cables and clips so it’s pretty safe. My cousin did it and recommended it to us. There’s three different levels you can do, a beginner (whuss level), intermediate and …
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Oakridge Resort Wanaka
My family in NZ have a unit at Oakridge Resort Wanaka so this will focus on the apartments. They have “normal hotel rooms” but these are basically the rooms inside the apartments, so pretty much the same thing. First up location. As mentioned, Oakridge Resort Wanaka is about a 2-3 minute drive to the town of Wanaka, about a 15 …
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Isthmus Peak Wanaka Hike
The Isthmus Peak Wanaka hike is a much lesser known hike than Roy’s Peak, which during the Christmas holidays, has become absolutely insane and overcrowded with people. You can read my review of that here, but note that if you’re wanting to have a bit of peace and quiet (the whole reason for hiking something like this), Isthmus Peak Wanaka …
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Roys Peak Wanaka Hike
Something a bit different today, back in NZ we did the Roys Peak Wanaka Hike. Roy Peak is 1578m and has some of the most incredible views anywhere in the world. It blows away anything in Hong Kong by a long way, both in terns of views, hiking, and well, everything. Roys Peak Wanaka hike is 16km in total, the …
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