An understandably popular spot two hours north of Christchurch, Hanmer Springs made for a good start to a ten day South Island trip. It was one of the few places I’ve not been to before down there.
The drive there through northern Canterbury was half the fun, can’t beat some nice hills…
…and beautiful rivers.
The springs are famous but not my thing, I preferred to walk up Conical Hill for a few nice views. Mt Isobel at three times the height would have been better but I lacked the time unfortunately.
The town itself is rather pleasant.
And a nice place to watch the sunset over the hills.
Next step was the West Coast via Lewis Pass, the lowest and least dramatic of the passes over the Southern Alps, but still pretty impressive.
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