Finishing the Routebourn Fun

We woke up early to hike back to the Divide where we parked our car. We took one last look at the lake before leaving.



The walk out was much easier than the walk in because it was mostly downhill. We had finished our trek on the Routeburn. Thanks Mama and Papa Ladenburg for the sun protective shirts.



We then drove back to Milford to pick up our luggage and along the way we stopped off at the Chasm. It was a short little hike up to this river that has made this unusual rock formation. It looked pretty cool but the pictures don’t show it too well.





Here is a little photo Maya took along the way and wanted to share:




We continued back to Te Anau to plan our drive down the Southern Scenic route. While in Te Anau, we went on a short walk to the wild life sanctuary were we saw a few cool birds. Here is a Tahake, it wasn't being too cooperative for the photo but we'll share anyways.



Dinner was a little disappointing because we tried to go to a recommended meat pie bakery but it was closed. We quickly found out the restaurants were more pricey than usual so we got Marian her special coffee (her treat after the Routeburn) and headed on the Southern Scenic Route to Riverton, our next destination for lodging.