South Pacific Itinerary (Nov. 24-Jan. 8)

November 24 - Arrive in Adelaide, Australia, meet up with Claudia!!!
November 25 - visit Wadlata Outback Centre, camel ride exploring Flinders Ranges
November 26 - hike in Wilpena Pound, gorge hike through Brachina and Bunyeroo Gorges
November 27 - hike through Gammon Ranges National Park, Italawi Gorge, Balcanoona Ranges Head Quarters and Wetootla Gorge, ridge top hike to Sillers Lookout, evening observatory tour
November 28-December 2 - camp at Iga Warta and work with native Aborigines
December 2 - return to Adelaide
December 3 - travel to Auckland, New Zealand
December 4 - visit Maugakiekie, learn about the native Maori, bush walk, beach walk
December 5 - repel into underground caves, four hour black water rafting trip inside cave lit by glow worms, stay in a hotel that is a replica of a hobbit home!
December 6 - walk through Wai-O-Tapa (hotsprings with bubbling mud and geysers), visit Te Puia, a Maori cultural center and another geyser, participate in traditional evening rituals performed by Maori, evening bush walk
December 7 - fly to Dunedin on the south island
December 8 - cruise up Dunedin Harbor to Taiaroa head, scenic Otago Peninsula hike, tour of Royal Albatross Colony and Yellow Eyed Penguin Reserve
December 9 - travel to Catlins, local exploration of Papa Towa, evening meal and slideshow on yellow eyed penguin conservation
December 10-15 - Conservation project on yellow eyed penguin reserve
December 15 - arrive in Te Anau
December 16 - overnight cruise in Deep Cove
December 17 - travel to Queenstown
December 18 - explore Queenstown
December 19 - travel to Makarora, afternoon or evening bushwalk
December 20 - explore Siberia Valley, Mt Aspiring National Park and Wilken Valley
December 21 - travel to Fox Glacier
December 22 - scenic rain forest hike, ice trek with crampons
December 23 - travel to Christchurch
December 24 - travel to Nadi, Fiji, shell welcome
December 25-28 merry Christmas! down time, possible day trips
December 28 - travel to
December 29-January 2: volunteer/teach English at Fiji orphanage
January 2: fly to Hawaii
January 2-8: visit cousins Albiona and Noel in Hawaii
January 8: return home!