We started off the morning by doing a 2 hour hike that took us to Blue Lakes, Tasman Glacier View & Tasman Lake. The 3 Blue Lakes were actually green due to the algae problem. Tasman Glacier View was looked like a lunar landscape. The rock debris is only a few meters thick and below that is 200 meters of Glacier. The terminal face of the glacier is at the north end of the lake and at the south end are the icebergs and glacier chunks. This lake is only 30 years old and formed when a massive chunk of the glacier gave way damning up the river. The park attributes global warming as the culprit.
Every mountain was shrouded in cloud cover, but as we left the park towards Timaru, the sun broke through for just a brief moment and Mt. Cook gave us one last show. It was beautiful. On the way to Timaru, we stopped at Lake Takapu. The water Azule due to the glacier minerals left behind that reflect the sunlight. After a 3 hour drive, we made it to Timaru. A family of ducks welcomed us to the campsite. Now, it’s off to go exploring and see what we can find in this port city.
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