The We(s)t Coast

Our drive down the west coast, one of the wettest parts of New Zealand (and the world), was blessed with near perfect weather. It's a really wild coast with a rugged beauty that would probably be just as impressive in the rain but we felt really lucky to have blue skies above us and saw as much as we could, stopping to walk along the coast at Cape Foulwind (Pic 1) and exploring the amazing and still largely unexplained pancake rocks (2). Every corner gave us a new surprise and brought us closer to the snowy peaks of the Southern Alps. We also found our best camping spots along the way, the first at Okarito Lagoon (3), where we enjoyed our first braai and then on the beach near Haast (4).