Wednesday, January 21, 2026

New Zealand (2025)

 


Between 23 November and 8 December 2025, an eight person "expedition" of Polish Men and Women Mountaineering Club of Edmonton explored the South Island of New Zealand. During this trip we visisted: Christchurch, Edoras, Mt.Cook/Aoraki National Park, Lake Wanaka, Queenstown and Fiordlands National Park. 

The members of the expedition were: Piotr Rajski (Leader), Dragan Radovic, Andy Rutkowski, Ewa Stroemich, Mike Trzecieski, Barbara Walter, Jolanta Wroblewska-Wilk and Marianna Zaremba

If you are interested, below you will find links to the semi-humorous posts on Facebook giving some account of what took place:

Day 1 - Travel to NZ and Christchurch

Day 2 - Edoras (Mt. Sunday)

Day 3 - Mt. Cook/Aoraki

Day 4 - Mt. Cook/ Aoraki

Day 5 - Lake Wanaka

Day 6 - Rob Roy's Track

Day 7 - Queenstown

Day 8 - Fiordlands NP (Lake Marian)

Day 9 - Fiordlands NP (Milford Sound)

Day 10 - Te Anau

Day 11 - travel back to Christchurch

Day 12 - Christchurch